--- title: "4 Raimond Gaita Quotes - Famous Philosopher (Philosopher's Dog)" description: "Raimond \"Rai\" Gaita is a German-born Australian philosopher and writer, best known for his 1998 biography about his early life, titled Romulus, My Father." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-raimond-gaita-70003.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Raimond Gaita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-raimond-gaita-70003.jpg) # Raimond Gaita (1946) Philosopher Australia **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Raimond Gaita is a philosopher from Australia, best known for *Philosopher's Dog*. ## Quick Facts About Raimond Gaita Born January 1, 1946 Nationality Australia Profession Philosopher Notable works Philosopher's Dog ## About Raimond Gaita Raimond "Rai" Gaita is a German-born Australian philosopher and writer, best known for his 1998 biography about his early life, titled Romulus, My Father. He was foundation professor of philosophy at the Australian Catholic University, and professor of moral philosophy at King's College London. ## Awards & Honors Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp ## Quotes by Raimond Gaita > [I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raimond-gaita/i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw-it-in-my-father/) [Raimond Gaita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raimond-gaita/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/raimond-gaita-70003_father_i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw_66219.png) > [“They have extended the arrogance and insularity of the worst kind of academic professionalism beyond the academy. Generally they show no fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raimond-gaita/they-have-extended-the-arrogance-and-insularity-of-the-worst-kind-of/) [Raimond Gaita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raimond-gaita/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/raimond-gaita-70003_education_they-have-extended-the-arrogance-and-ins_317721.jpg) > [While one could hardly say that philosophers have given much attention to the place that the concept of evil has among our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raimond-gaita/while-one-could-hardly-say-that-philosophers-have-given-much/) [Raimond Gaita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raimond-gaita/) [Admirable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admirable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/raimond-gaita-70003_admirable_while-one-could-hardly-say-that-philosop_1018881.png) > [The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raimond-gaita/the-drop-in-living-standards-most-people-would-have-to-accept-to/) [Raimond Gaita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raimond-gaita/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/raimond-gaita-70003_accepting_the-drop-in-living-standards-most-people_1827104.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raimond-gaita/#itemlist", "name": "Raimond Gaita Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raimond Gaita" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raimond-gaita/i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw-it-in-my-father/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/raimond-gaita-70003_father_i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw_66219.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/raimond-gaita-70003_father_i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw_66219.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/raimond-gaita-70003_father_i-know-what-a-good-man-is-because-i-saw_66219.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.” — Raimond Gaita", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They have extended the arrogance and insularity of the worst kind of academic professionalism beyond the academy. 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