Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

Terry Eagleton

• Authority
• Tradition
• Resources
• Oneself
• Disregard
• Infantile
• Contemptuous

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• The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Authority
  • Tradition
  • Resources