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1930–2019 England
Bryan Edgar Magee (12 April 1930 – 26 July 2019) was a British philosopher, writer and politician who, as a broadcaster, sought to make philosophy accessible to a non-specialist audience. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leyton from 1974 to 1983; originally elected as a Labour MP, he joined the Social Democrats in 1982.
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The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
Confessions of a Philosopher (1997)
I have very strongly this feeling... that our everyday life is at one and the same time banal, overfamiliar, platitudinous and yet mysterious and extraordinary.
Heidegger and Modern Existentialism (1977)
As Voltaire once remarked, "It is the privilege of the real genius, especially one who opens up a new path, to make great mistakes with impunity."
Confessions of a Philosopher (1997)
It could be that the total scenario for human beings is an insoluble mystery until we die, followed by nothing at all.
Confessions of a Philosopher (1997)
Because of the fundamental character of these problems, and because Kant did not solve them, confronting them has been the most important challenge to philosophy ever since.
Confessions of a Philosopher (1997)
I am as baffled now by the larger metaphysical questions of my existence as I was when I was a child — indeed more so, because my understanding of the depths and difficulties of the questions themselves is now so much greater.
Confessions of a Philosopher (1997)
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