Kwame Gyekye Quotes
Kwame Gyekye was a Ghanaian philosopher and one of the principal interpreters of Akan thought to the wider philosophical world. Trained at Ghana and Harvard, he held a long professorship at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he founded philosophy as a serious academic discipline. The quotes below are attributed to Kwame Gyekye, organized by topic.
Kwame Gyekye on Knowledge
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Attributed to Kwame Gyekye:
“Knowledge that does not nourish life is not yet wisdom.”
Kwame Gyekye on Politics
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Attributed to Kwame Gyekye:
“The aim of philosophical reflection is the improvement of the human condition.”
Kwame Gyekye on Time
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Attributed to Kwame Gyekye:
“Tradition and modernity are not opposed; they are partners in human flourishing.”
Kwame Gyekye on Virtue
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Attributed to Kwame Gyekye:
“The person is at once communal and individually responsible.”
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Attributed to Kwame Gyekye:
“African moral thought is grounded in the conception of the human as a being-with-others.”