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Richard Rorty quotes

American Philosopher October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007

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I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnuts—just as I would have if I had made more close friends. Richard Rorty
What makes us moral beings is that...there are some acts we believe we ought to die rather than commit...But now suppose that one has in fact done one of the things one could not have imagined doing, and finds that one is still alive. At that point, one's choices are suicide, a life of bottomless self-disgust, and an attempt to live so as never to do such a thing again. Dewey recommends the third choice. Richard Rorty
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. Richard Rorty
Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used. Richard Rorty
...the conscious need of the strong poet [defined broadly as the creator of new metaphors]...to come to terms with the blind impress which chance has given him, to make a self for himself by redescribing that impress in terms which are, if only marginally, his own. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put..."
There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. Richard Rorty
The reason for thinking that there will be no 'last' philosophy is simply that no answer can fail to be an answer to a question, and no question can guarantee its own permanent relevance. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "Freedom is the recognition of contingency."
Freedom is the recognition of contingency. Richard Rorty
The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "Always strive to excel, but only on weekends."
Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial."
The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with."
Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with. Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty quote: "Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be..."
Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way. Richard Rorty

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