Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.
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Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and queMartha Nussbaum:
You have to address anger, fear, and then to think about what the alternatives are: hope, faith, aMartha Nussbaum:
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Some emotions are essential to law and to public principles of justice: anger at wrongdoing, fear fMartha Nussbaum:
We have fear as soon as we are born, we are born into a state of physical helplessness.Martha Nussbaum:
Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like buMartha Nussbaum:
I think that it's rational to fear your own death or to fear harm to your family.Martha Nussbaum:
I am very impatient.Martha Nussbaum:
When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought theMartha Nussbaum:
I don't waste time despising people.