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When many people individually get what they want, the result may be something they collectively dislike.
Roger Scruton
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Roger Scruton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1944
Born: February 27
Died: 2020
Died: January 12
Aesthetician
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Roger Vernon Scruton
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In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry, but the kind of art that creates a whole world in itself and in that world we see ourselves reflected and see our religious life perfected.
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A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.
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The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda.
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In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
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Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.
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Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge and the pleasure depends on the knowledge.
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This knowing what to do... is a matter of having the right purpose, the purpose appropriate to the situation in hand... The one who knows what to do is the one on whom you can rely to make the best shot at success, whenever success is possible.
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Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes.
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Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.
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In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is a difference between good and bad taste, or that it matters what you look at or read or listen to.
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Conservatives resonate to Burke's view of society, as a partnership between the living, the unborn and the dead.
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When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment
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