The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties. Terry Eagleton More Quotes by Terry Eagleton More Quotes From Terry Eagleton The government spokesman announces that there is no truth in the charges of widespread corruption within the Cabinet; nobody believes him; he knows that nobody believes him, we know that he knows it, and he knows it too. Terry Eagleton cabinets government believe It is false to believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but it is not absurd. Terry Eagleton earth sun believe Like all the best radical positions, then, mine is a thoroughly traditionalist one. Terry Eagleton all-the-best radical position Scratch a schoolboy and you find a savage. Terry Eagleton savages scratches To claim that science and religion pose different questions to the world is not to suggest that if the bones of Jesus were discovered in Palestine, the pope should get himself down to the dole queue as fast as possible. It is rather to claim that while faith, rather like love, must involve factual knowledge, it is not reducible to it. Terry Eagleton like-love different jesus Man eternally tries to get back to an organic past that has slipped just beyond his reach. Terry Eagleton trying men past As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith Terry Eagleton light have-faith doe Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it. Terry Eagleton language waiting The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. Terry Eagleton should humanity names When one emphasizes, as Jacques Derrida once remarked, one always overemphasizes. Terry Eagleton derrida Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. Terry Eagleton name law men ideas We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational. Terry Eagleton face reflection life culture
