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Ernest Gellner Quotes

Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely, rather than imposed by birth or sustained by awesome ritual. You can join the Labour Party without slaughtering a sheep Picture Quote #1

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist Picture Quote #1

The way forward does not lie in amateur and comically timeless linguistic sociology which takes ‘forms of life ‘ for granted (and this is what philosophy has been recently), but in the systematic study of forms of life which does not take them for granted at all. It hardly matters whether such an inquiry is called philosophy or sociology Picture Quote #1

Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution Picture Quote #1

It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round Picture Quote #1

Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category Picture Quote #1

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A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject Picture Quote #1

Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own Picture Quote #1

Nowledge which... transcends the bounds, the prejudices and prejudgements of any one society and culture is not an illusion but, on the contrary, a glorious and luminous reality. Just how it was achieved remains subject to debate Picture Quote #1

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it Picture Quote #1

Obstruction of mobility, where it occurs, is one of the most serious and intractable problems of industrial society Picture Quote #1

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak Picture Quote #1

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The idea that some of the members of the smooth, bland variety of second generation of linguistic philosophers undergo perplexity, let alone intellectual cramp, has an element of high comedy Picture Quote #1

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Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely, rather than imposed by birth or sustained by awesome ritual. You can join the Labour Party without slaughtering a sheep (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist (Ernest Gellner Quotes) The way forward does not lie in amateur and comically timeless linguistic sociology which takes ‘forms of life ‘ for granted (and this is what philosophy has been recently), but in the systematic study of forms of life which does not take them for granted at all. It hardly matters whether such an inquiry is called philosophy or sociology (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution (Ernest Gellner Quotes) It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category (Ernest Gellner Quotes) A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Nowledge which... transcends the bounds, the prejudices and prejudgements of any one society and culture is not an illusion but, on the contrary, a glorious and luminous reality. Just how it was achieved remains subject to debate (Ernest Gellner Quotes) America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Obstruction of mobility, where it occurs, is one of the most serious and intractable problems of industrial society (Ernest Gellner Quotes) Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak (Ernest Gellner Quotes) The idea that some of the members of the smooth, bland variety of second generation of linguistic philosophers undergo perplexity, let alone intellectual cramp, has an element of high comedy (Ernest Gellner Quotes)