Carolina QuotesI am urging that we should learn about people in other places, take an interest in their civilizations, their arguments, their errors, their achievements, not because that will bring us to agreement, but because it will help us get used to one another.
Kwame Anthony Appiah Connected to the Carolinas
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Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers. Kwame Anthony Appiah discussing the importance of dialogue and understanding across cultures.
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“I am urging that we should learn about people in other place…” Kwame Anthony Appiah. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-CFC438DC45. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/cfc438dc45
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