“What we can know, and what we can understand, is so influenced by our location in time that it is impossible for us to disentangle that influence and get a clear look at it.”
Some years ago, I highlighted this passage in the British philosopher Bryan Magee’s book Ultimate Questions. He published it in 2017 at the age of 87, two years before his death. It remains one of my favourite works of everyday philosophy: lucid, scrupulous, generously brief. It’s the kind of book I’d like to ...