Terry Eagleton quote: The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of ...

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

~ Terry Eagleton ~

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