77 Quotes by Robert Nozick

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    The libertarian position I once propended now seems to me seriously inadequate, in part because it did not fully knit the humane considerations and joint cooperative activities it left room for more closely into its fabric.

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    What I was really saying in 'The Examined Life' was that I was no longer as hardcore a libertarian as I had been before.

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    Perhaps faith is a faith in one's self, the belief that one wouldn't feel so moved by the encounter if it weren't divine, a trust in one's own deepest positive responses. To doubt it would involve a self-alienation.

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    The history of philosophy is actually full of people who argue for rather wild and incredible views, and their reputations are based on the skill of arguing for them.

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    The major public goals in my life are intellectual goals. There are various philosophical things that I want to work on and work out.

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