"Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require……" — Ernest Gellner
"Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution."
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11 Quotes by Ernest Gellner
Ernest Gellner has 11 quotes on this site.
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It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.
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I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my…
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A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.
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The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of…
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People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.
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Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its…
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Nowledge which... transcends the bounds, the prejudices and prejudgements of any one society and culture is not an illusion but,…
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Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less,…
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America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.
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Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist...
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More Care Quotes
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your…
— Arthur Ashe
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People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
— David Attenborough
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It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one…
— David Attenborough
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I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel…
— David Attenborough
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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
— John James Audubon
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On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me…
— John James Audubon
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
— Marcus Aurelius
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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and…
— Jane Austen
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