Personal authenticity, in the classical understanding of liberal-arts education, consists in self-mastery – in placing reason in control of desire. According to the classic liberal-arts ideal, learning promises liberation, but it is not liberation from demanding moral ideals and social norms, or liberation to act on our desires – it is, rather, liberation from slavery to those desires, from slavery to self.
-Robert P. George
Select a background
More quotes by Robert P. George
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.