Understanding Charles Taylor's Influence

The speaker admires Charles Taylor, a political philosopher and former Oxford professor, for his significant contributions to political theory and Canadian politics. Taylor's teachings on Aristotle, Hegel, and the tension between Enlightenment ideals and other traditions have greatly influenced the speaker. Despite being retired, Taylor continues to produce important work, making him a contemporary philosophical hero.

Who is the political philosopher admired by the speaker?

• John Rawls

• Charles Taylor

• Immanuel Kant

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Where did Charles Taylor hold a professorship in political theory?

• Yale University

• Oxford University

• Harvard University

• University of Toronto

Which philosophers did Charles Taylor teach the speaker about?

• Plato and Socrates

• Nietzsche and Kierkegaard

• Aristotle and Hegel

• Descartes and Spinoza

What is one of the tensions discussed by Charles Taylor in his teachings?

• The struggle between capitalism and socialism

• The tension between Enlightenment ideas and other traditions

• The conflict between science and religion

• The debate between free will and determinism

Which tradition is NOT mentioned as being in tension with modern understandings of the self?

• Republican tradition

• Romantic tradition

• Scientific tradition

• Religious tradition

How does the speaker describe Charles Taylor among contemporary philosophers?

• A critic of modernity

• A controversial figure

• A forgotten thinker

• A hero