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A student once interrupted him and said, "I just don't understand." He responded, "Why should you have the advantage over me?"

Sidney Morgenbesser

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(September 22, 1921 – August 1, 2004) was an American philosopher, noted for his wit.

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Of Hilary Putnam – "He’s a quantum philosopher. I can’t understand him and his position at the same time."

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Morgenbesser described ethics as entailing “ought implies can” while in Jewish ethics “can implies don’t.”

A student once interrupted him and said, "I just don't understand." He responded, "Why should you have the advantage over me?" - Sidney Morgenbesser

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