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There is a very old philosophical story. We no longer have the full tale, but only the ending that goes, “Nature loves to hide.” We don’t know if this is a drama or a tragedy. If you say it with the right inflection it could even be the punch line to a joke. But is the joke philosophical or is it a joke on philosophy?
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François Lamelle, Introduction au non-marxisme (Paris: PUF, 2002), p. 40.
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Smith, A.P. (2013). Introduction. In: A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature. Radical Theologies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137331977_1
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