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Monday, August 11, 2008

Handey and Heidegger on tradition

another backpacking picA Heidegger quote I actually like this time--
The flight into tradition, out of a combination of humility and presumption, can bring about nothing in itself other than self-deception and blindness in relation to the historical moment.

Martin Heidegger - The Age of the World Picture
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Jack Handey
Anyone got a better Handey quote on tradition?

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