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But there are very few philosophers I would want to take advice from. I'd like a debate with Nietzsche, Schopenhaeur, Kant, ... and many others.
But would I take their advice about how to live my life in a pragmatic way? Hell, no.
Secondly, advice is about what you should do, not what is true. A subtle, but important, distinction.
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But there are very few philosophers I would want to take advice from. I'd like a debate with Nietzsche, Schopenhaeur, Kant, ... and many others.
But would I take their advice about how to live my life in a pragmatic way? Hell, no.
Secondly, advice is about what you should do, not what is true. A subtle, but important, distinction.