Robin G. Collingwood Quotes

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
Robin G. Collingwood

Purpose, Desire, Object

A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life.
Robin G. Collingwood

Life, Science, Learned

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.
Robin G. Collingwood

God, Issue, Thank

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.
Robin G. Collingwood

Work, Freedom, Perfect

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.
Robin G. Collingwood

Afraid, Himself, Ashamed

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 22, 1889

Died: 1943

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