#philosophy
"Nobody has been able to come up with the source where I allegedly said the outrageous thing that has been attributed to me. My name is being misused, but not in Norway or Sweden or Denmark where my position on violence in the name of religion or culture is so well known that it would be absurd to attribute a defense of rape to me."
React to this quote
Resonant Thoughts
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"To the extent that we are free we are like God, who has no need of an idea of a God over Godself or of an i…"
— John E. Hare"Curiously enough, John Stuart Mill, although he must have been familiar with Longfield's writings, seems ne…"
— Bertil Ohlin"The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and w…"
— Norman Vincent Peale"Life is only error,And death is knowledge."
— Friedrich Schiller"It is as absurd to expect members of philosophy departments to be philosophers as it is to expect members o…"
— Leo Strauss"The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn …"
— Ronald Reagan
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- Nisargadatta Maharaj on philosophy
- Randy Pausch on philosophy
- Laurence Tribe on philosophy
- Margaret Sanger on philosophy
- Karl E. Weick on philosophy
- George Saintsbury on philosophy
- Gary Yourofsky on philosophy
- Nisargadatta Maharaj on life
- Nisargadatta Maharaj on truth
- Nisargadatta Maharaj on knowledge
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change

