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At 10:28 AM 6/5/95, Arlen P. Walker wrote:
>>The final exam of the university Philosophy course consisted of
>>a single essay-type question: "Why?"
>>The only acceptable answer was "Why not?"
>This, I think, exemplifies what's wrong with Philosophy as an academic
>discipline today. There's a heavy emphasis on negativism, on "nots",
>rather than
>on more positive issues, on impossibilities rather than on possibilities.
>I would much prefer the answer, "Because I'm here."
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I remember an earlier thread on this list that went something like this:
To be is to do
- Satre
To do is to be
- Nietshe
Do be do be do
- Sinatra
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