Thank you for your clarification that the post was entirely a critique of a single bit of word choice.
Out of curiosity, what other philosophers do you consider to be so absolutely correct (and so clear in their statements that misinterpretation is impossible) that rise to the level of proof or evidence when cited?
Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by austincheney on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:26PM
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I cannot provide a good answer for this. I do believe that Descartes’ Meditations are perhaps the most misinterpreted.
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Meditations_on_First_Philos...
This is what people reference when they say: I think, therefore I am. I find that is not at all accurate to the writing. Really it says a thinking machine that can doubt can doubt away all things but doubting itself so then that ability must exist.
> having a memorable book title does not make a permanently relevant tome that applies to all of history backward and forward.
The definition of liberty has not changed, so yes that essay still equally applies.