Question: Plato thought of the philosopher as a midwife whose task is to "help other remember by clearing away the worldly debris that obscures the truth." How is this thinking different from Burke's use of language?
Monday, June 12, 2017
QQC #6
Quote: "Language referring to the realm of the no
talk about things in terms of what they are not - and in this sense - we start out beset by a paradox. Such language is but a set of labels, signs for helping us find our way about"
Question: Plato thought of the philosopher as a midwife whose task is to "help other remember by clearing away the worldly debris that obscures the truth." How is this thinking different from Burke's use of language?
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Question: Plato thought of the philosopher as a midwife whose task is to "help other remember by clearing away the worldly debris that obscures the truth." How is this thinking different from Burke's use of language?
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