H. P. Grice, "Post-War Oxford Philosophy"

Oxford philosophers do not claim to be sages. In few cases, indeed, would the claim be credited if it should be made. By their own admission, they are not wiser than other men. They often assert that their researches do not lead to wisdom but only relieve certain feelings of puzzlement (which you are bound to have if you ask their questions ) . Once they have found answers to their questions, they go on living just as before, and, unlike their French contemporaries, many remain degage; they lead dons' comfortable fives in north Oxford (though even so a few manage to be evangelists, Socialists, or great eccentrics).