The theorist's task is not to escape the world, but to under... - Quentin Skinner

"The theorist's task is not to escape the world, but to understand it more deeply and act within it more wisely."

Quentin Skinner Wisdom

Historian Philosopher British Born 1940 (age 86)

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

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

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

"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

"The best things in life are free."

"You can't have everything in life, but you can have what matters most."

"A woman's intuition is rarely wrong."