"Morally as well as physically, there is only……" — Mary Midgley
"Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it"
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9 Quotes by Mary Midgley
Mary Midgley has 9 quotes on this site.
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Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are.…
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When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a…
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The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us.…
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What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up…
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None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.
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The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he…
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The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much; they ought to love themselves more.…
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Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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