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Ideas of Ray Billington, by Text
[British, fl. 1990, A former Methodist minister.]
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Philosophers are revealed by their fears
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Full Idea:
To understand any philosopher, ask 'What are they afraid of?'.
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From:
Ray Billington (talk [2010])
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A reaction:
Yes! So... Plato - disorder. Aristotle - ignorance. Augustine - sin. Descartes - uncertainty. Spinoza - fragmentation. Leibniz - superficiality. Hume - speculation. Bentham - egotism. Kant - self-deception. Nietzsche - nihilism. Russell - imprecision.
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