There is nothing deep down inside us except...... Quote by "Richard Rorty"

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.
— Richard Rorty

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The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.
— Richard Rorty

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Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia.
— Richard Rorty

Tags: difference, say, organization, who

Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.
— Richard Rorty

Tags: truth, relativism, pragmatism

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.
— Richard Rorty

Tags: philosophy