Quentin Skinner Quotes
The History Of Philosophy, And Perhaps Especially Of Moral, Social And Political Philosophy, Is There To Prevent Us From Becoming Too Readily Bewitched. The Intellectual Historian Can Help Us To Appreciate How Far The Values Embodied In Our Present Way Of Life, And Our Present Ways Of Thinking About Those Values, Reflect A Series Of Choices Made At Different Times Between Different Possible Worlds. This Awareness Can Help To Liberate Us From The Grip Of Any One Hegemonal Account Of Those Values And How They Should Be Interpreted And Understood. Equipped With A Broader Sense Of Possibility, We Can Stand Back From The Intellectual Commitments We Have Inherited And Ask Ourselves In A New Spirit Of Enquiry What We Should Think Of Them.
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