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| 22519 | Philosophers are revealed by their fears |
| Full Idea: To understand any philosopher, ask 'What are they afraid of?'. | |||
| From: Ray Billington (talk [2010]) | |||
| 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. |