I greatly respect Rorty as a crusader against philosophical overreach & delusion. For this reason, I take his final reflection on his life seriously, especially his wish that he'd spent more time reading poetry:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/68949/the-fire-of-life …
Doing so, you will achieve the unthinkable : understanding neither philosophy nor literature.
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Try me
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The fact that you consider western philosophy as "books" in their physicality tells a lot about your understanding not only of philosophy or literature, but also of culture in general, as a commodity.
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Media are physical entities. Do you think they exist in some transcendental zone or somth
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They're indeed physical entities for you, entities to be readily purchased and converted into social capital. But Plato is a bit more than Wordsworth Classics editions of the Republic and if you can't see that you're already dead.
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If you didnt have access to the media you would know no plato
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Do you think you will be able to deflect much further?
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Im not deflecting at all.
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