Andy Canivet wrote:
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>Sorry... MEGO? Megolomania?
Nothing so dire. My Eyes Glaze Over.
>As for philosophy - it's a lot like writing. Just as anybody who can put
>pen to paper might fancy himself a writer, any jerk with an opinion can
call
>himself a philosopher - and there is lots of that going on in these heady
>post-modern days. But take a look at Stoicism (and maybe Epicureanism
too),
>then read Chuang-Tzu and maybe the Buddha - these guys were "lovers of
>wisdom" in the true sense of the word.
Yes. In my blanket condemnation, I should have excluded the ancients and
most thinkers up to, say, the 19th Cent.