Language is not a transparent medium through which we observ... - Quentin Skinner

"Language is not a transparent medium through which we observe reality. It shapes what we can think and how we understand the world."

Quentin Skinner Philosophy

Historian Philosopher British Born 1940 (age 86)

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"The past is not dead; it is not even past."

"Ideas have consequences, and the historian's task is to trace them."

"We must understand the languages in which the past speaks to us."

"The study of history is the study of human possibility."

"I've seen the worst humanity has to offer."

"Sometimes I wonder if the world is worth saving."

"Every choice shapes our destiny."

"Order is the foundation of a good life."