The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them.

A pro-choice advocate sees abortion as a decision to be made in accordance with the best scientific opinion as to when the beginning of life, as we know it, occurs.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right.

No word floats without an anchoring connection within an overall structure.

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'