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Harry Gordon Frankfurt is an American philosopher. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002, and previously taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. May 1929   •   Other names 해리 프랑크푸르트, 哈利·法蘭克福, ハリー･フランクファート
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On Bullshit
On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt
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Famous Harry G. Frankfurt Quotes

“It is frequently insufficient to identify the motives that guide our conduct, or that shape our attitudes and our thinking, just by observing vaguely that there are various things we want. That often leaves out too much. In numerous contexts, it is both more precise and more fully explanatory to say that there is something we care about.”

Harry G. Frankfurt

The Reasons of Love (2004)

“It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.”

Harry G. Frankfurt book On Bullshit

Source: On Bullshit

“Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstance require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.”

Harry G. Frankfurt book On Bullshit

Source: On Bullshit

“It is frequently insufficient to identify the motives that guide our conduct, or that shape our attitudes and our thinking, just by observing vaguely that there are various things we want.”

Harry G. Frankfurt

That often leaves out too much. In numerous contexts, it is both more precise and more fully explanatory to say that there is something we care about.
The Reasons of Love (2004)

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