Raymond Geuss - Philosophy Quotes

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Can one understand politics without understanding history, especially the history of political thought, and will this distinguish political philosophy from some other kinds of philosophy (such as, perhaps, logic) to which the study of history is not integral?

Raymond Geuss

One way … in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.

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One of Nietzsche's most important legacies to us … is his claim that it is desirable and possible to dismantle the Platonic apparatus of Forms, Absolute Truth, the Idea of the Good, etc. and its historical derivatives, such as Kant's transcendental philosophy, and that this can be done without fear of falling into relativism.

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A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one's own local prejudices and repackaging them as demands of reason. The study of history can help to counteract this natural human bias.

Raymond Geuss

The Kantian philosophy is no more than at best a half-secularized version of such a theocratic ethics, with Reason in the place of God. This does not amount to much more than a change of names.

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