Modern Philosophy Quotes

“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.”
― Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey

“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is 'merely relative,' is asking you not to believe him. So don’t. Deconstruction deconstructs itself, and disappears up its own behind, leaving only a disembodied smile and a faint smell of sulphur.”
― Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey

“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative’, is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.”
― Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey

“Verificationism arose in Vienna between the wars, as part of the ‘culture of repudiation’ whereby central Europe threw away its inheritance and committed moral suicide.”
― Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey

“Kant’s position is extremely subtle – so subtle, indeed, that no commentator seems to agree with any other as to what it is.”
― Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey