Harry Frankfurt citations

Harry Gordon Frankfurt est un philosophe américain.

✵ 29. mai 1929 • Autres noms 해리 프랑크푸르트, 哈利·法蘭克福, ハリー･フランクファート

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Harry Frankfurt: Citations en anglais

“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.”

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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.”

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Harry G. Frankfurt livre On Bullshit

Source: On Bullshit

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

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Harry G. Frankfurt livre 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.”

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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)