... and make assumptions about how we are to interact socially, privately, and more importantly politically. These things are what I would argue are in the spirit and purpose of philosophy in general. So where has philosophy led us today? It seems to me that there has actually been devolution to the ... spirit of philosophy. The defense in a court case can rationalize that a person is not accountable for a murder if they were insane during the crime. ... and deduce that he existed. This began a progression that helped later intellectuals such as Martin Luther to question the authority of th...

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