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CRITIC AT LARGE
When philosophy professors contemplate the "philosophical life," it tends not to be their own.
Socrates, who brilliantly initiated dialectical back and forth, then nobly died for his beliefs, works as role model for lots of alpha men in the field. Hypatia, torn apart for her beliefs and independence, and French doyennes from Beauvoir to Hélène...
The Unexamined Life May Be Your Own
By CARLIN ROMANOWhen philosophy professors contemplate the "philosophical life," it tends not to be their own.
Socrates, who brilliantly initiated dialectical back and forth, then nobly died for his beliefs, works as role model for lots of alpha men in the field. Hypatia, torn apart for her beliefs and independence, and French doyennes from Beauvoir to Hélène...
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