Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and ass… - Ernest Gellner

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Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Ernest Gellner

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Ernest André Gellner (9 December 1925 – 5 November 1995) was a philosopher and social anthropologist, cited as one of the world's "most vigorous intellectuals."

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Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak. - Ernest Gellner

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