The Philosopher as Citizen
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2016.055.17Abstract
Unlike Science –a knowledge based on proofs– both Philosophy and Religion vow for wisdoms beyond probability or verification, meaning by this the very lacking of a enough objective grounds. Both require a subjective commitment of a very special kind –fragile and overwhelming at once– among those who accept it. In the case of Religion that commitment is belief in Revelation, for Philosophy is thought which forges an argumentative plot, the two cases directly related to our mortality: Religion for saving us from Death, Philosophy to be able to face it with no vile. What is the place reserved for both wisdoms in modern democracies? Is fidelity to Democracy itself a type of religious belief or more like a type of philosophical thought?
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2016-12-30
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Savater, F. (2016). The Philosopher as Citizen. Isegoría, (55), 703–706. https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2016.055.17
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