Oh, God no. A philosopher is a lover of wisdom. It takes tremendous discipline, it takes...
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Cornel West:
Oh, God no.
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Cornel West:
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom. It takes tremendous discipline, it takes tremendous courage to think for yourself, to examine yourself. The Socratic imperative of examining yourself requires courage. You know, William Butler Yeats used to say "it takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield." Courage to think critically,
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Cornel West:
courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher, for any human being, I think, in the end.
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No A philosopher is a lover of wisdom
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It takes tremendous discipline it takes tremendous courage
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to think for yourself to examine yourself
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The Socratic imperative of examining yourself requires courage
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William Butler Yeats used to say it takes more courage
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to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield
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Courage to think critically You can't talk
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Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher
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for any human being I think in the end
Clip duration: 30 seconds
Views: 140
Timestamp in movie: 00h 37m 33s
Uploaded: 27 March, 2022
Genres: documentary
Summary: In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.
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