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He just means that great philosophers tend to talk about relationships in the abstract and not historical artifacts that become dated. Murder is wrong is not go
by chrisdone 10y ago
He just means that great philosophers tend to talk about relationships in the abstract and not historical artifacts that become dated. Murder is wrong is not going out of date any time soon, and yet "murder by electric chair is wrong" is hardly going to be considered a great philosophical statement because it depends on incidental artifacts.