74 books
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28 voters
1946
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
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In England, his views were so completely in harmony with those of most intelligent men that it is difficult to trace their influence except in theoretical philosophy; in France, on the other hand, where they led to an opposition to the existing regime in practice and to the prevailing Cartesianism in theory, they clearly had a considerable effect in shaping the course of events. This is an example of a general principle: a philosophy developed in a politically and economically advanced country,
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― History of Western Philosophy
― History of Western Philosophy
