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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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others of a distinctive sort

0Max Otto wrote:02br
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00"And what will professional philosophy so conceived do for the nonprofessional who makes its acquaintance? My answer is that it will do more for him than any other discipline can.02br
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00"For one thing, it will work on him in the same manner that intimate contact with mature philosophy of any kind does. It will break down the walls set up by habitual notions and feelings; will free him from the dominion of immediate appeals, from provincialism of ideas and narrowness of spirit, (...) Above all, he will gain in centrality of vision, in striking contrast with the mixture of confused and contradictory attitudes induced by the conflicting demands of present-day society.02br
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00"To these benefits sure to result from contact with any responsible philosophy, 01font01b01u00others of a distinctive sort 02u02b02font00will accrue from the particular philosophy which we are advocating. For this philosophy has taken a distinctive task upon itself and is therefore characterized by attributes which do not belong to the philosophic profession as such."02br
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0 Hi Cadzao,02br
00I think this refers to "other benefits of a particular kind", which will result from the philosophy Max Otto (and others) would like to promote.02br
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0 I'm fine thanks, Cadzao! Had lots of work, but finally it's holidays! To rephrase that sentence: 02br
00"In addition to the good that is certain to result from involvement with any good philosophy, there will also be different benefits resulting from the philosophy we are promoting/recommending." 0-

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