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Author - Rebecca Goldstein
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recognition
When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she....
rationality
No validation of our rationality - of our very sanity - can be accomplished using our rationality itself.....
sense
And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence....
significance
The will to matter is at least as important as the will to believe.
reputation
Kleos is sometimes translated as "acoustic renown" the spreading renown you get from people talking about....
kindlehighlight
It’s a tiresome proposition, having to take up the work of the Enlightenment all over again, but it’s....
perspective
That's one of the compensations for being mediocre. One doesn't have to worry about becoming mediocre.....
perspective
If there is such a thing as philosophical progress, then why – unlike scientific progress – is it....
civic virtue
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps....
conversation
Plato worried that philosophical writing would take the place of living conversations for which, in philosophy,....
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