29th July

I have never pretended I have invented anything myself. I defend others: now Mill, now Bakunin, now Lenin.

Letter to Imre Lakatos, 21 February 1971. In: I. Lakatos & P. Feyerabend, For and Against Method (ed. M. Motterlini), Chicago – London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. p.240.

'My' philosophy (which, of course, is not mine, but a condensation of reasonable ideas from all over the world

Farewell to Reason. London – New York: Verso, 1987. p.16.