The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress.
Terry EagletonGenuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyoneโs different needs.
Terry EagletonI value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.
Terry EagletonAll communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is a minor miracle that they take place at all.
Terry Eagleton