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Philosophy

Tuesday Afternoon

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3. just because it was a bad philosophy doesn't mean it was not philosophy -

Reply to TM99 (Reply #2)

Wed May 8, 2013, 04:49 PM

May 2013

how does one distinguish the bad from the good without knowing the difference?

just like one studies bad architecture and art so that one may understand why it is bad

so too, must one give a look at bad philosophy.

in order to explain why it is bad may help one to better understand why another way is better ....

just my .02