There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow … - Terry Eagleton

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There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.

Terry Eagleton

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Terence Francis Eagleton FBA (born February 22, 1943) is a British literary theorist, critics and philosopher. Eagleton is a Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University, and as a former Visiting Professor at the National University of Ireland.

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