He told the story in at least one essay or introduction. In first or second grade, his teacher told him he was spelling his own name wrong, "and I sort of got my back up about it." (It's not wrong, just unusual; his parents were Danish immigrants.)
They do not follow philosophies or philosophers directly, but do follow ideas that originate with philosophers, generally absorbed through propaganda. I did not mean that the following was conscious or informed.
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What a dangerous way to spell Paul.
He told the story in at least one essay or introduction. In first or second grade, his teacher told him he was spelling his own name wrong, "and I sort of got my back up about it." (It's not wrong, just unusual; his parents were Danish immigrants.)
The most dangerous are the NPCs.
The NPCs prop up the establishment, don't challenge authority, and maintain the repressive order.
Slaves of their own making.
But only when they follow bad philosophers. If NPCs followed good philosophy, they would not matter.
*But only when they follow bad propaganda. If NPCs followed good philosophy, they would not matter.
NPCs don't care for philosophy - they just follow the cultural currents.
At the risk of starting a flame war...
https://www.stephenhicks.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Philosophy-Who-Needs-It-text.pdf
NPCs are not curious.
No, but they wish to sound smart, and so they parrot ideas they got from elsewhere.
They do not follow philosophies or philosophers directly, but do follow ideas that originate with philosophers, generally absorbed through propaganda. I did not mean that the following was conscious or informed.
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