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Heroes and Villains
2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen July 16th, 2006 in Humor, MiscellaneousReading through my last section of notes in preparation for the final lecture of my summer intro to philosophy course, I was struck with the hero and villain motif that pervades the history of Western philosophy, particularly the villain part. For example, for Kierkegaard, Socrates was the hero, whereas for Nietzsche Socrates (Plato) was the [...]
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