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In its original Greek meaning, philosophy signifies the love of wisdom. But non-Marxist philosophy has of late fallen far short of that original conception. As Karl R. Popper, one of the most distinguished recent philosophers of the non-Communist world, has declared, ‘Apart perhaps from some Marxists, most professional philosophers seem to have lost touch with reality.’1
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Chapter 6 The Unhappy State of Philosophy
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Wilhelm, D. (1977). The Unhappy State of Philosophy. In: Creative Alternatives to Communism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15745-7_6
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