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I Hate Philosophy

At least Gray Kochhar-Lindgren can be philosophical about it.

Being an academic, my hatred of philosophy is, of course, something that hitherto I have only confided to the closest of my friends, and even then only after three glasses of Agiorghitiko at the little beachside taverna on Mykonos after spending the day beneath the summer’s scorching sun wandering around the ruins on Delos. Intoxicated, I can tell the truth. Sober, I lie. I am now drunk: I hate philosophy; I despise philosophy; I loathe philosophy.

You already know why I hate philosophy.

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