Quote by: Ernest Gellner

It is precisely by binding things together that traditional visions perpetuate themselves and the prejudgments contained within them; and it is by insisting on prising things apart that we have liberated ourselves from them


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Author Bio


  • NameErnest Gellner
  • DescriptionCzech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist
  • BornDecember 9, 1925
  • DiedNovember 5, 1995
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Anthropologist