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Daniel Dennett on Tools To Transform Our Thinking

Intelligence Squared

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The Differences Between Ancient Greeks and Modern Thinkers

I think we have a hugely enlarged conceptual repertory today compared with the ancient Greeks. That doesn't mean that they weren't wise, but I think it does mean that it was harder for them to work these things out. And if you look at Plato's dialogues, for instance, often what I see there strikes me as heroic attempts to think about topics that Plato and his interlocutors don't have the terms for.

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