To read the great texts of Western thought is to participate... - Quentin Skinner

"To read the great texts of Western thought is to participate in an ongoing conversation about how best to live and organize society."

Quentin Skinner Philosophy

Historian Philosopher British Born 1940 (age 86)

More from Quentin Skinner

"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."