How Robert Nozick put a purple prose bomb under analytical philosophy

Re:How Robert Nozick put a purple prose bomb under analytica... by ue_ on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:16PM (#14250691)

I don't know if it's just me, but I consider Capital more of an economic text than a philosophical one. That's Marx in political economist mode. And from what (albeit little) I've read of Nozick I much prefer Marx and continental philosophy as a whole (though I'm just beginning).

The Manifesto draws varying opinions even within Communist circles; arguably Engels' "The Principles of Communism" is a more gentle text.

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Re:How Robert Nozick put a purple prose bomb under analytica... by bobwaycott on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:52PM (#14251834)

This is definitely a common thought, and has long been considered the proper way to read Marx. You should check out Marx's Inferno for an interesting—and, I've long thought, more accurate—take otherwise.

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Re:How Robert Nozick put a purple prose bomb under analytica... by ue_ on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:35PM (#14252349)

I've heard about it before, though I haven't checked it out. I'll take a look, thanks.

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