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Re:The Miseducation of Henry Adams by blacksqr on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @04:50PM (#14705992)
I once heard a quote attributed to Henry Adams that endeared me to him, something like: "philosophers are people hired by the rich to tell them everything is alright."

But now I can't find a trace of it online.

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Re:The Miseducation of Henry Adams by RodericDay on Thursday July 06, 2017 @07:12AM (#14709491)
I wouldn't say that desctibes political philosophers like Karl Marx very well.
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Re:The Miseducation of Henry Adams by specializeded on Thursday July 06, 2017 @12:41PM (#14711697)
To be fair,

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

Is inscribed on his grave!

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