To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree

Quote by Peter Gay

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My definition of modernism took a while to develop.

My definition of modernism took a while to develop.

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy...

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to...

There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small...

There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small...

And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to...

And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to...

Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.

Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.

What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism.

What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism.

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud,...

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud,...