Carolina QuotesTo create a life is to create a life out of the materials that history has given you."
Kwame Anthony Appiah Connected to the Carolinas
Source
The Ethics of Identity. Kwame Anthony Appiah discussing identity and the influence of history on human life.
Cite this record
“To create a life is to create a life out of the materials th…” Kwame Anthony Appiah. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-59DD1FDDDD. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/59dd1fdddd
More from Kwame Anthony Appiah
My people—human beings—made the Great Wall of China, the Sistine Chapel, the Chrysler Building: these things were made by creatures like me."
Conversation doesn't have to lead to consensus about anything, especially not values; it's enough that it helps people get used to one another."
Once you start offering reasons for ignoring the interests of others, however, reasoning itself will usually draw you into a kind of universality."