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Quotes from The Sociology of Philosophies — Randall Collins

b. 1941 United States

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There is no thinking except as aftermath or preparation of communication.

The Sociology of Philosophies (1998)

Thinking would not be possible at all if we were not social; we would have no words, no abstract ideas, and no energy for anything outside of immediate sensuality.

The Sociology of Philosophies (1998)

“Truth” is the reigning sacred object of the scholarly community, as “art” is for literary/artistic communities; these are simultaneously their highest cognitive and moral categories, the locus of highest value, by which all else is judged.

The Sociology of Philosophies (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Randall Collins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.