Robin G. Collingwood quotes

Robin G. Collingwood was an influential English philosopher, historian, and archaeologist. His work, particularly in the philosophy of history and art, left a lasting mark on 20th-century thought. He explored the nature of historical understanding and the importance of imagination in human knowledge. Here are 5 of his quotes:

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.

Robin G. Collingwood

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.

Robin G. Collingwood

A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that... he is going to be a beginner all his life.

Robin G. Collingwood

Perfect Freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work does what he wants to do.

Robin G. Collingwood