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		nataliste 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open Socrates by Agnes Callard review – a design f... It seems like you're accusing Socrates of making the worse argument the stronger and corrupting the youth?

kerkeslager 7 months ago [–]

I'm not accusing long-dead Greeks of corrupting long-dead Greeks, as I'm pretty unconcerned with the affairs of long-dead Greeks.

I'm accusing modern philosophers of spreading stupid and often harmful ideas because they are too enamored with a few long-dead Greeks to admit their ideas were often stupid and harmful.

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