Robert Nozick
An American philosopher whose 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' provided a powerful defense of libertarianism, arguing for a minimal state and individual rights.
Quotes by Robert Nozick
The grass really is greener on the other side, but only because from that side the grass looks greener on this side.
In the particularity of my life I find my meaning.
We are each the center of a web of relationships.
Love is not a feeling; it is a way of willing.
The state arises from the invisible hand process.
Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually happened.
Patterned principles of distributive justice presuppose further moral considerations.
The Wilt Chamberlain argument shows the instability of patterned distributions.
Rights are constraints on how each may act.
Explaining something is not the same as explaining it away.
Identity across time is a matter of connectedness and continuity.
Value is not a property of isolated objects but of patterns and connections.
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Life is a process of self-creation.
Meaning in life comes from connecting to something larger.
Death is not the end but a transformation.
Socialism is attractive but impractical.
Science seeks invariance amid change.
The universe is not indifferent; it is structured.