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> [A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/a-value-is-like-a-fax-machine-it-s-not-much-use-if-you-re-the-only/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

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## More by Kwame Anthony Appiah

> [There are many people of cosmopolitan temperament who are not from the elites of their societies or the world; and while, for a variety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/there-are-many-people-of-cosmopolitan-temperament-who-are-not-from/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [Cosmopolitans begin, I think, with a sense of one thing we all certainly share, which is our fallibility. Nobody has reason to be confident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/cosmopolitans-begin-i-think-with-a-sense-of-one-thing-we-all/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/in-life-the-challenge-is-not-so-much-to-figure-out-how-best-to-play/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/conversation-doesn-t-have-to-lead-to-consensus-about-anything/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/it-s-important-to-understand-that-while-honor-is-an-entitlement-to/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/a-value-is-like-a-fax-machine-it-s-not-much-use-if-you-re-the-only/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [I've long had the idea that the factors that are most important in determining what we believe, how we live, and what we accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/i-ve-long-had-the-idea-that-the-factors-that-are-most-important-in/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [When philosophers talk about reason they often have in mind Having been in the business of philosophy more than half my life, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/when-philosophers-talk-about-reason-they-often-have-in-mind-having/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/i-started-philosophy-looking-for-answers-but-along-the-way-i-came-to/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [“This is, of course, an easy Berlinian riposte. Start with some graceful hand waving about incommensurability; declare that nothing could reconcile these great goods;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/this-is-of-course-an-easy-berlinian-riposte-start-with-some-graceful/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/conversations-begin-with-the-sort-of-imaginative-engagement-you-get/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [I favor a form of cosmopolitanism that takes nations very seriously, particularly because of the role of national law in sustaining or, unfortunately, undermining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/i-favor-a-form-of-cosmopolitanism-that-takes-nations-very-seriously/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [The phrase 'academic freedom' is often used carelessly: here is a work that will allow a more careful conversation about those many crucial issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/the-phrase-academic-freedom-is-often-used-carelessly-here-is-a-work/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [The challenge, then, is to take minds and hearts formed over the long millennia of living in local troops and equip them with ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/the-challenge-then-is-to-take-minds-and-hearts-formed-over-the-long/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

> [“What were they thinking?' we ask about our ancestors, but we know that, a century hence, our descendents will ask the same thing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/what-were-they-thinking-we-ask-about-our-ancestors-but-we-know-that-a/)

[Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/)

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