Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Susan Neiman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American philosopher Susan Neiman.

Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Susan Neiman is an American moral philosopher, cultural commentator, and essayist. She has written extensively on the juncture between Enlightenment moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics, both for scholarly audiences and the general public. She currently lives in Germany, where she is the Director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam.

American - Philosopher | Born: March 27, 1955

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You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

Susan Neiman

Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.

Susan Neiman

As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.

Susan Neiman

In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated widely, will sooner or later lead to goodness. (While we're making at effort at truth and goodness, beauty reminds us what we're hold out for.)

Susan Neiman

One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.

Susan Neiman

Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.

Susan Neiman

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Susan Neiman

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