Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes

Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night.

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• Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Night
  • Understanding
  • Retrospective