The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige not j…

- Stefan Collini

Good work, like good talk or any other form of worthwhile human relationship, depends upon being able to assume an extended shared world.

- Stefan Collini

Depth of understanding involves something which is more than merely a matter of deconstructive alertness; it involves a measure of interpretative cha…

- Stefan Collini

In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.

- Stefan Collini