Davi Roque

“The orthodox tend to think that people who, like the postmodernists and me, believe neither in God nor in some suitable substitute, must feel that everything is permitted, that everybody can do what they like.”
― Richard M. Rorty

“Solidarity is not discovered by reflection but created.”
― Richard M. Rorty, Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

“Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used.”
― Richard M. Rorty

“The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial.”
― Richard M. Rorty