I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.

In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.

Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into read more

Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.

If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.

If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer read more

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for read more

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.rn

Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.

Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.