Robert Nozick Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• The illegitimate use of a state by economic interests for their own ends is based upon a preexisting illegitimate power of the state to enrich some persons at the expense of others. Eliminate that illegitimate power of giving differential economic benefits and you eliminate or drastically restrict the motive for wanting political influence.

  Robert Nozick

  Giving, Political, Use

  Robert Nozick (1974). “Anarchy, state, and utopia”

• And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.

  Robert Nozick

  Giving Up, Order, Depth

  Robert Nozick (1990). “Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

• Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever.

  Robert Nozick

  Giving, Black, Holes

• Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you would be floating in a tank, with electrodes attached to your brain. Should you plug into this machine for life, preprogramming your life experiences?...Of course, while in the tank you won't know that you're there; you'll think that it's all actually happening...Would you plug in?

  Robert Nozick

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Robert Nozick (1974). “Anarchy, state, and utopia”

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