Quotes by Walter Pater about Culture

2 quotes by Walter Pater about culture

Walter Pater English critic

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, ...

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.

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