Gian-Carlo Rota Quote

We take offense at those truths that threaten any of the myths we profess to believe in. Taking offense is an effective way we have of shutting off some unpleasant truth. It works. It enables us to restore a hold on our dearest myths, to last until the next offending myth comes along.


Indiscrete Thoughts, Introduction (p. xix), Birkhäuser. 1997


We take offense at those truths that threaten any of the myths we profess to believe in. Taking offense is an effective way we have of shutting off...

We take offense at those truths that threaten any of the myths we profess to believe in. Taking offense is an effective way we have of shutting off...

We take offense at those truths that threaten any of the myths we profess to believe in. Taking offense is an effective way we have of shutting off...

We take offense at those truths that threaten any of the myths we profess to believe in. Taking offense is an effective way we have of shutting off...