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
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2) The fetishism of referencing only adds superficial seriousness. Taking this to its extreme, any moron who can add five footnotes to a page must be deemed more serious than Descartes, or Kant, who added none. This is what happens when seminaristic pedantry replaces content.
Aug 19, 2024 at 2:27pmWeb