It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.
There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..The notion of caring is in large part constructed out o… - Harry Frankfurt
There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..The notion of caring is in large part constructed out o…
- Harry Frankfurt
The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of … - Harry Frankfurt
The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of …
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. - Harry Frankfurt
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.
I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told me I was adopted. - Harry Frankfurt
I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told me I was adopted.
Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he under… - Harry Frankfurt
Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he under…
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend… - Harry Frankfurt
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend…
Bullshit is unavoidable when circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus, the production of bullshit is stim… - Harry Frankfurt
Bullshit is unavoidable when circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus, the production of bullshit is stim…
I used to teach at Yale, which was at one time a center of postmodernist literary theory. Derrida was there. Paul de Man was there. - Harry Frankfurt
I used to teach at Yale, which was at one time a center of postmodernist literary theory. Derrida was there. Paul de Man was there.
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. - Harry Frankfurt
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