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Susan Stebbing

(1885–1943) Philosopher

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Susan Stebbing was a philosopher.

Quick Facts About Susan Stebbing

Born: December 2, 1885
Died: September 11, 1943
Profession: Philosopher

About Susan Stebbing

[Wikidata] British philosopher (1885-1943)... | [Wikipedia] Lizzie Susan Stebbing was a British philosopher. She belonged to the 1930s generation of analytic philosophy, and was a founder in 1933 of the journal Analysis. Stebbing was the first woman to hold a philosophy chair in the United Kingdom, as well as the first female President of Humanists UK.

Quotes by Susan Stebbing

The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we…

Authority

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To have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals.

Ideals

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We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I…

Accepting

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It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive,…

Dictator

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A system is said to be coherent if every fact in the system is related every other fact in the system by…

Example

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It is not swinish to be happy unless one is happy in swinish ways.

Happiness

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There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom…

Citizens

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We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is…

Cases

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