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"William James can take Ayn Rand any day"

Posted by jmlesniewski 13 years, 6 months ago to Culture

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This columnist writes:
"So my starting point is always this: we are all ultimately clueless. Given this one simple truth, how then do we live a meaningful life?"

It is tiresome seeing people equate not being omniscient with impotence.

SOURCE URL: http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2012/09/03/universal-notebook-william-james-can-take-ayn-rand/133841

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Posted by bigjim 13 years, 6 months ago

Mr Beem says his "most profound perception of life is that no one is in possession of the truth." And yet the name of his weekly column is "The Universal Notebook"
Why do I have the feeling that he was not being purposefully ironic?

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  Posted by jmlesniewski 13 years, 6 months ago
  
  Hahaha.
  
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