Bryan Magee
1930 - 2019
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Biography
Bryan Magee (1930-2019) was a British philosopher, broadcaster, and writer. He served as a Member of Parliament for a brief period before focusing on his academic and media career. Magee became well-known for his contributions to popularizing philosophy through television programs such as 'Men of Ideas' and 'The Great Philosophers'. He authored several books on philosophy and biographies of notable philosophers, aiming to make complex philosophical ideas accessible to a wider audience.
Famous Quotes (5)
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To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
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Philosophy is thoughts that disturb. Thoughts that disturb what are settled and known.
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Language is not a transparent medium that passes from one person to another the intentions, feelings, thoughts.
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The quest of philosophical truth presupposes that obstacles have to be removed.
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The philosopher’s answer to the skeptical question is that reality cannot be described, only referred to in symbols.