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CRITIC AT LARGE
"I love anecdotes... ," gushed Dr. Johnson, urging their swift and cheerful distribution. "If a man is to wait till he weaves anecdotes into a system, we may be long in getting them, and get but a few, in comparison of what we might.... "
Yet in philosophy -- that illusory house of mirrors where even foes of systems build systems -- anecdotes face a mixed...
The Anecdotage of Philosophy
By CARLIN ROMANO"I love anecdotes... ," gushed Dr. Johnson, urging their swift and cheerful distribution. "If a man is to wait till he weaves anecdotes into a system, we may be long in getting them, and get but a few, in comparison of what we might.... "
Yet in philosophy -- that illusory house of mirrors where even foes of systems build systems -- anecdotes face a mixed...
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