"So while studying the ramblings philosophers may be useful for liberal-arts students, there is very little there applicable for modern statecraft.
A pox upon all philosophers."
How about Aristotle's Organon?
Or would you prefer to have statesmen who make decisions based on having a soothsayer cut open a chicken and do an entrail reading?
Good show! How droll.
Jason Kauppinen wrote:
How about Aristotle's Organon?What about it?
Jason Kauppinen wrote: Or would you prefer to have statesmen who make decisions based on having a soothsayer cut open a chicken and do an entrail reading?
This is a specious argument and you know it.
Allow me to bring it down to an even more basic level.
Which ancient philosophers do you take into account before you decide which car to buy or how to present a proposal to your boss?