Many people ... go through life with hardly an original thought; gravitate from one pleasure or amusement to another; gain a livelihood doing what so… - Richard Taylor

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Many people ... go through life with hardly an original thought; gravitate from one pleasure or amusement to another; gain a livelihood doing what someone else has assigned; flee boredom as best they can; marry and beget children; and then, without having made the slightest difference of any unique significance, die and decay like any animal.

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About Richard Taylor

Richard C. Taylor (November 5, 1919 – October 30, 2003) was an American philosopher and internationally renowned beekeeper. Taylor taught at Brown University, Columbia and the University of Rochester. He achieved international recognition for his scholarly research in metaphysics and virtue ethics during the late 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Richard Clyde Taylor
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For philosophy, it is supposed by vast numbers of students and teachers of the subject, has for its goal philosophical knowledge, and indeed, even certain knowledge. It is presupposed, therefore, that there is such a thing as philosophical knowledge, and there are even men who think themselves the possessors of at least some of it.

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