Quotes by : Rebecca Goldstein

When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she....

(As Plato:) There is nothing superstitious about forcing bad consequences for the hubris of paternalistic....

No validation of our rationality - of our very sanity - can be accomplished using our rationality itself.....

Colleges seem to want candidates that are so well-rounded they'd have to be two different people use....

As Plato: We become more worthy the more we bend our minds to the impersonal. We become better as we....

The will to matter is at least as important as the will to believe.

What is it precisely, that they are doing when they are doing science. Are they refining their instruments....

It baffled me how people could resist math's gorgeousness, but people did, and people do. The fine of....

If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think....

Plato dramatically puts the detachment of the philosopher from his time this way: to philosophize is....