Character Quote by Mary Midgley

“Unless all that we take to be knowledge is an illusion, we must hold that in thinking we are not reading rationality into an…

— Mary Midgley

The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such…

— Mary Midgley

Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes.

— Mary Midgley

“. . . Neither ecological nor social engineering will lead us to a conflict-free, simple path . . . Utilitarians and others who simply…

— Mary Midgley

When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint-there…

— Mary Midgley

It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward,…

— Mary Midgley

It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like competitors today.…

— Mary Midgley

Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it

— Mary Midgley

What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special…

— Mary Midgley

Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences not just…

— Mary Midgley

The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating…

— Mary Midgley

None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.

— Mary Midgley