On the Danger of Reading a Philosopher Without Reading His Biography

On the Danger of Reading a Philosopher Without Reading His Biography

Topic:Philosophy
Posted on:Jan 20 2016
Captured by:Paul C
Method:Dictation

Do not read a philosopher without reading his biography. Some biographers claim that Marx let four of his children starve to death while he was writing a theory about how to make the world better. Educators tell us that the life of a philosopher does not matter, that we should focus only on his thinking. But a man’s thinking must be interpreted through his life.

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