Gregorius AdvenaAug 19, 2024
It saddens me to see the mediocre hailed as erudite for reading #Hegel... in English. Or #Plato in German. I see philosophers who never put forward an original thought: their entire work is commentary on canon and secondary literature. Why, it's all they learn at #university. #philosophy
Show threadGregorius Advena
1) This happens when universities become factories of degrees (for students) and "#research" (for professors). The ideal of #objective writing, as if it could erase the subject on whom even the most trivial observation depends, only saddens those who can see through it.
Aug 19, 2024 at 2:27pmWeb