It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health. Terry Eagleton badbeliefhealth Change image and share on social
It is true that some liberals and humanists, along with the laid-back Danes, deny the existence of evil. This is largely because they regard the word 'evil' as a device for demonising those who are really nothing more than socially unfortunate. Terry Eagleton backdanedemonise share on social
I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means. Terry Eagleton enjoyfullylive Change image and share on social
I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing. Terry Eagleton afraidbackgroundcatholic Change image and share on social
The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles. Terry Eagleton abstractangloattempt share on social
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with. Terry Eagleton bringcharacterdaunt share on social
A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness, but one in which everyone is allowed to be in on the project of cooperatively shaping a common way of life. Terry Eagleton alikeallowcommon share on social
The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith. Terry Eagleton agnosticanglicanchurch Change image and share on social
Americans use the word 'dream' as often as psychoanalysts do. Terry Eagleton americandreampsychoanalyst Change image and share on social
Nothing in human life is inherently private. Terry Eagleton humaninherentlylife Change image and share on social