“The chief lesson to be learnt from it is the futility of all argumentation that precedes understanding. We cannot profitably attack any opinion until we have discovered what it expresses as well as what it states.” — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“The chief lesson to be learnt from it is the futility of all argumentation that precedes understanding. We cannot profitably attack any opinion until… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“A book is a machine to think with, but it need not, therefore, usurp the functions either of the bellows or the locomotive.” — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“Our mother tongue, so far ahead of me, Displays her goods, hints at each bond and link, Provides the means, leaves it to us… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“Very simple experiences – a cold bath in an enamelled tin, or running for a train – may to some extent be compared without… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
“An experience has to be formed, no doubt, before it is communicated, but it takes the form it does largely because it may have… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
