Category Archives: philosophy

A Few Quotes in Memoriam 1

From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical, believing that something fundamental was wrong in this country — not just the existence of poverty amidst wealth, not just the horrible treatment of black people, but something rotten at the root. [...]

Defining Belief 12

In order to express an idea one must be able to communicate it, define it… So when the word belief is misused and confused in a conversation it can make things very difficult.