[operation clinton cleanup]

But I'm a philosopher, and it's a philosopher's job to tell people how they should lead their lives.

Really?

philosopher phi·los·o·pher (plural phi·los·o·phers) noun Definition: 1. somebody who studies philosophy: somebody who seeks to understand and explain the principles of existence and reality 2. somebody holding particular beliefs: somebody who believes in a particular philosophy and thinks and acts accordingly 3. thinking person: a thinker who deeply and seriously considers human affairs and life in general 4. calm and rational person: somebody who calmly and rationally reacts to events, especially adversity

[Philistone]

Hmm... I'm a philosopher too. MY job (only when asked) is to help people resolve the internal contradictions of their beliefs which lead them to be unhappy.

I don't think I've ever told "people how to live their lives."

[taxcontrol]

Contrast that with the definition of narcism:

1) Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.
2) A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
3) Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
4) The attribute of the human psyche characterized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.

Which of the two definitions seems most appropriate?

[CatoRenasci]

Well, she did refer to Socrates, whom we know through his pupil Plato. There's no doubt that Plato thought a large part of a philosopher's job was to tell other people how to live - exhibit A is Plato's Republicwhich just serendipitously happens to be run by philosophers, bans music, and is a thoroughly totalitarian document. As much as Plato is revered in some philosophical circles for the Dialogues, he is reviled by many as both an idealist and a proto-totalitarian. The line from Plato to Rousseau, Hegel and Marx and his epigoni has been drawn many times by serious thinkers.

For myself, I found her article purile and rather pathetic, defending her person rather than her ideas, and trying hive everyone who disagrees with her off as some sort of Christian fundamentalist. 'Tain't so, and she ought to know better, but then she's lived in the Boston ivory tower for decades, the left-intellectual cocktail part circuit from Boston to Washington with detours to Martha's Vineyard and the Hamptons.

[Right Wing Assault]

it's a philosopher's job to tell people how they should lead their lives

The author CLEARLY confuses the term "liberal" with "philosopher".

[mockingbyrd]

"But I'm a philosopher, and it's a philosopher's job to tell people how they should lead their lives."

Wrong. Philosophy is the study of wisdom and the pursuit of the beautiful according to the father of philosophy, Aristotle.

I didn't read whole crapfest, but I did see her on 60 minutes and she struck me as a bitter, abandoned woman, who resents those women who are able to raise and teach their children. She resents them because she is envious of them, they have what she lost. They are able to show a child a sunrise for the first time and that is something her bitter words cannot take away.

[tet68]

Let me fix that for you....

"...it's a LIBERAL philosopher's job to tell people how they should lead their lives."

They know best, as they keep telling us.

[longtermmemmory]

Ignorance thy name is leftist.