ABSTRACT
George Markus is a philosopher who resists generalisations. His work is historically informed in a remarkable way and he has a strong sense of the particularities of different times and places in the history of thought and culture. In his teaching and writing he exemplifies the words of Shakespeare (in King Lear): 'I will teach you differences'. This is not to suggest that he is averse to acknowledging the presence of common threads where appropriate or finding a place for generality. But broad agreement with Plato's view that 'the same' and 'the different' are basic ideas in philosophical inquiry may cover many differences.
