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Terry Eagleton Quotes: "After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was."

After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology."

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.




Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs."

Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil."

A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil.




Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it."

Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China or Stalin's Soviet Union."

Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China or Stalin's Soviet Union.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night."

Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night.




Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Schizophrenic language has in this sense an interesting resemblance to poetry."

Schizophrenic language has in this sense an interesting resemblance to poetry.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of... revolutionary avant-gardism."

Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of... revolutionary avant-gardism.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "The liberal state is neutral between capitalism and its critics until the critics look like they are winning."

The liberal state is neutral between capitalism and its critics until the critics look like they are winning.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "All desire springs from a lack, which it strives continually to fill."

All desire springs from a lack, which it strives continually to fill.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Yahweh is presented in the Jewish Bible as stateless and nationless. He can’t be used as a totem or fetish in that way."

Yahweh is presented in the Jewish Bible as stateless and nationless. He can’t be used as a totem or fetish in that way.




Terry Eagleton Quotes: "If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal."

If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "God chose what is weakest in the world to shame the strong."

God chose what is weakest in the world to shame the strong.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "In the deep night of metaphysics, all cats look black."

In the deep night of metaphysics, all cats look black.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism."

You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Nothing in human life is inherently private."

Nothing in human life is inherently private.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it."

The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic."

Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means."

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive."

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness."

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves."

Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism."

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism."

Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Works of art cannot save us. They can simply render us more sensitive to what needs to be repaired."

Works of art cannot save us. They can simply render us more sensitive to what needs to be repaired.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "The political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their heart."

The political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their heart.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Capitalism cannot survive without a working class, while the working class can flourish a lot more freely without capitalism."

Capitalism cannot survive without a working class, while the working class can flourish a lot more freely without capitalism.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic."

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "It is silly to call fat people "gravitationally challenged", a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration."

It is silly to call fat people "gravitationally challenged", a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Americans use the word "dream" as often as psychoanalysts do."

Americans use the word "dream" as often as psychoanalysts do.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "If the masses are not thrown a few novels , they may react by throwing up a few barricades."

If the masses are not thrown a few novels , they may react by throwing up a few barricades.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced."

Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures."

It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health."

It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech."

Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "History works itself out by an inevitable internal logic."

History works itself out by an inevitable internal logic.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking."

Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Evil is often supposed to be without rhyme or reason."

Evil is often supposed to be without rhyme or reason.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax."

Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm."

Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "I attacked Dawkins's book on God because I think he is theologically illiterate."

I attacked Dawkins's book on God because I think he is theologically illiterate.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "Evil may be 'unscientific' but so is a song or a smile."

Evil may be 'unscientific' but so is a song or a smile.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name."

The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith"

As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith



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

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 Quotes: "Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it."

Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it.



Terry Eagleton Quotes: "I enjoy popularisation and I think I'm reasonably good at it. I also think it's a duty. It's just so pedagogically stupid to forget how difficult one found these ideas oneself to begin with."

I enjoy popularisation and I think I'm reasonably good at it. I also think it's a duty. It's just so pedagogically stupid to forget how difficult one found these ideas oneself to begin with.