"Nothing capable of being memorized is history." — Robin G. Collingwood
"Nothing capable of being memorized is history."
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Robin G. Collingwood
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22 Quotes by Robin G. Collingwood
Robin G. Collingwood has 22 quotes on this site.
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Perfect Freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work does what he…
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A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he…
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To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but…
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The chief business of twentieth-century philosopy is to reckon with twentieth-century history.
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All history is the history of thought,
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What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always…
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To regard such a positive mental science [psychology] as rising above the sphere of history, and establishing the permanent and…
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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.
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If an artist may say nothing except what he has invented by his own sole efforts, it stands to reason…
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The artist must prophesy not in the sense that he foretells things to come, but in the sense that he…
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There is no truer and more abiding happiness than the knowledge that one is free to go on doing, day…
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The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work.
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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
— Joseph Addison
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being…
— Tony Blair
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
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