Nature itself may be heartless and free of desires, but amongst the creatures it has thrown up are some which are not heartless, and not free of desires. [Ruling Passions]
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Simon Blackburn quoteMy general thesis was that Lust should be shifted from the category of Sin to that of Virtue. [on giving a lecture on Lust, one of the Seven Deadly Sins]
Simon Blackburn quote When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.
Simon Blackburn quote As a good Christian, Locke believed that an All-Wise Maker has granted us a very definite constitution, enabling us to know what we need to know and not much more.
Simon Blackburn quote Why should I 'respect' belief systems that I do not share? I would not be expected to respect the beliefs of flat earthers or those of the people who believed that the Hale-Bopp comet was a recycling facility for dead Californians, and killed themselves in order to join it.
Simon Blackburn quote Respect', of course is a tricky term. I may respect your gardening by just letting you get on with it. Or, I may respect it by admiring it and regarding it as a superior way
to garden.
Simon Blackburn quote The fantasist in whom the reality barrier has broken down is unreliable, believing things when he should not, and telling things as true when they are not.
Simon Blackburn quote Lewis goes on to suggest that quasi-realism is a kind of fictionalism,
and it is here that our accord comes under strain. I do not think it is.
Simon Blackburn quote Biography
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