Tuesday 25 October 2016

Broad's "System"

From p.77 of "Critical and Speculative Philosophy" in J. H. Muirhead (ed.) (1924) Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements (London: G. Allen and Unwin) pp.77-100. (Available here)
"I have nothing worth calling a system of philosophy of my own, and there is no other philosopher of whom I should be willing to reckon myself a faithful follower. If this be a defect I see no likelihood of its ever being cured. Secondly, if I had a system of my own, I should doubt the propriety of "pushing" my crude philosophical wares in competition with the excellent products of older firms with well-earned reputations."