Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves. - Mark Kingwell

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Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves.

Mark Kingwell

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Mark Gerald Kingwell B.A, M.Litt, M.Phil, PhD, D.F.A. (born March 1, 1963) is a Canadian philosopher who is professor of philosophy and associate chair at the University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College. He specialises in theories of politics and culture.

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Ambition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all.

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