I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the job if the old major idea didn't, and so you have to try something different. Then maybe they can all be combined in some coherent… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults. — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Some people steal from others, or defraud them, or enslave them, seizing their product and preventing them from living as they choose, or forcibly… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Some communities will be abandoned, others will struggle along, others will split, others will flourish, gain members, and be duplicated elsewhere. Each community must… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Why are philosophers intent on forcing others to believe things? Is that a nice way to behave towards someone? — Robert Nozick Copy Share
“There are few books that set out what a mature person can believe - someone fully grown up, I mean. Aristotle's 'Ethics', Marcus Aurelius's… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Intellectuals feel they are the most valuable people, the ones with the highest merit, and that society should reward people in accordance with their… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth. — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Wisdom is not just knowing fundamental truths, if these are unconnected with the guidance of life or with a perspective on its meaning. If… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
You can't satisfy everybody; especially if there are those who will be dissatisfied unless not everybody is satisfied. — Robert Nozick Copy Share
It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults. — Robert Nozick Copy Share
It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I notice not everyone agrees with the primary importance of… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
Our principles fix what our life stands for, our aims create the light our life is bathed in, and our rationality, both individual and… — Robert Nozick Copy Share
