“It is incumbent upon philosophy ... to provide a refuge for freedom. Not that there is any hope that it could break the political tendencies that are throttling freedom throughout the world both from within and without and whose violence permeates the very fabric of philosophical argumentation.” WorldPhilosophyPoliticalBreakViolencePhilosophicalTendenciesRefugeFabricIncumbentsArgumentation Book:Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords Source: Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords
“When the religious principles, like the philosophical, are translated into reality, sometimes the reality forces violence on you, and there is no escape from it, and then I don't think it's something you should try to hide your face from.” ThinkingShouldTryingSometimesRealityFacesForceReligiousPrinciplesViolencePhilosophicalYour Face Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Philosophical thinking that doesn't do violence to one's settled mind is no philosophical thinking at all.” ThinkingMindViolencePhilosophicalPhilosophical Thinking Book:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away Source: Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away