rsl@ihnss.UUCP (08/25/84)
Recent elitist and linguistically slippery "philosophizing"
herein on "mind/body, epistemology, and rights" led me
to the following quotes, which some may like.
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_P_h_i_l_o_s_o_p_h_y, _E_x_c_e_l_l_e_n_c_e:
"The society, which scorns excellence in plumbing
because plumbing is a humble activity,
and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy
because it is an exalted activity,
will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy.
Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
-- John W. Gardner
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_O_b_j_e_c_t_i_v_i_s_m, _I_n_d_i_v_i_d_u_a_l_i_s_m:
"They say that it is hard for men to agree.
You'd be surprised how easy it is --
when both parties hold as their moral absolute
that neither exists for the sake of the other
and that reason is their only means of trade."
-- Ayn Rand
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