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Mark Kingwell Quotes

We are capitalism made flesh Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t atheism and corruption they feared, but inquiry Picture Quote #1

If you have ever been accused of being rude when you were merely stating the truth, or called a gossip because you like to dwell on other people’s actions, Westacott is for you. His linked studies of everyday vices offer elegant analysis of the goods that lurk in behavior that is usually condemned. This wise book is practical philosophy in the best sense Picture Quote #1

Dreams are evidence that we are creatures who produce more meaning than we can ourselves understand Picture Quote #1

Never before, I suspect, have so many people been so rich to so little purpose Picture Quote #1

Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Tyranny is abhorrent, freedom benefits all, whereas violence benefits no one for long Picture Quote #1

Friendship requires a leap, not of faith but of regard Picture Quote #1

Ambition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all Picture Quote #1

For every apparent gain, in short, we now observe a balancing danger. This is the world we have created Picture Quote #1

How doe we create the world we want, rather than a world that just happens to us? Picture Quote #1

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens Picture Quote #1

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We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging Picture Quote #1

It is only through a devoted attention to the details of objects and faces in the modern urban scene, he argues, that the commodity fetish of capitalism can be effectively dispelled Picture Quote #1

Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought Picture Quote #1

Paradoxically, the problems of politics often arise not in the form of a problem of scarcity, but as one of abundance Picture Quote #1

All social space is suffused with political meanings and agendas, the very stones and walls a kind of testament to the ongoing struggles for liberation and justices Picture Quote #1

We don’t know what the future will bring, but that’s because we are ever in the process of creating it, not because it is an alien force to which we have to submit Picture Quote #1

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We are capitalism made flesh (Mark Kingwell Quotes) It wasn’t atheism and corruption they feared, but inquiry (Mark Kingwell Quotes) If you have ever been accused of being rude when you were merely stating the truth, or called a gossip because you like to dwell on other people’s actions, Westacott is for you. His linked studies of everyday vices offer elegant analysis of the goods that lurk in behavior that is usually condemned. This wise book is practical philosophy in the best sense (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Dreams are evidence that we are creatures who produce more meaning than we can ourselves understand (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Never before, I suspect, have so many people been so rich to so little purpose (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Tyranny is abhorrent, freedom benefits all, whereas violence benefits no one for long (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Friendship requires a leap, not of faith but of regard (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Ambition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all (Mark Kingwell Quotes) For every apparent gain, in short, we now observe a balancing danger. This is the world we have created (Mark Kingwell Quotes) How doe we create the world we want, rather than a world that just happens to us? (Mark Kingwell Quotes) I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens (Mark Kingwell Quotes) We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging (Mark Kingwell Quotes) It is only through a devoted attention to the details of objects and faces in the modern urban scene, he argues, that the commodity fetish of capitalism can be effectively dispelled (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought (Mark Kingwell Quotes) Paradoxically, the problems of politics often arise not in the form of a problem of scarcity, but as one of abundance (Mark Kingwell Quotes) All social space is suffused with political meanings and agendas, the very stones and walls a kind of testament to the ongoing struggles for liberation and justices (Mark Kingwell Quotes) We don’t know what the future will bring, but that’s because we are ever in the process of creating it, not because it is an alien force to which we have to submit (Mark Kingwell Quotes)