Quote by Terry Eagleton
If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what t

If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one. – Terry Eagleton

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The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties. – Terry Eagleton

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For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. – Terry Eagleton

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell

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I dont think that theres been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and its done them any good. – Rashida Jones

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Im the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. – Herbert Hoover

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Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry. – Ted Nugent

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