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> many ancient and early-modern writers would hide their true beliefs Still true today. To reveal your true thought needs courage. You could get doxxed, behead
by scns 4y ago
> many ancient and early-modern writers would hide their true beliefs
Still true today. To reveal your true thought needs courage. You could get doxxed, beheaded, lose your job or else...
- catach 4y agoDepends on if, in what directions, and how far your beliefs stray from the local accepted ranges.
- carrja99 4y agoOr (gasp!) called out on Twitter! Which in this day and age, people pretend is a fate worse than beheading.
- mounceyboy 4y agoKierkegaard said that in the old days you would lose your head, but nowadays you're allowed to talk your head off in Hyde park.
- 082349872349872 4y agoAlt.wittgenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGksgZKecKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGksgZKecKE Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be singing.
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- Naga 4y agoOh agreed, 100%. I was trying to summarize Strauss's point in the book. But really, you've hit on the Straussian interpretation of Strauss!