Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.
One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them. - Susan Neiman
One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.
- Susan Neiman
You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms. - Susan Neiman
You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.
Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lea… - Susan Neiman
Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lea…
As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance. - Susan Neiman
As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, dis… - Susan Neiman
In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, dis…
Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes. - Susan Neiman
Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.
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