
Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Old Man Is the Truth Seeker
The old man was interested in pragmatism. He does not continue to be a truth seeker, because nobody continues to be atruth seeker. Once i know that, i know everything about the future, right? If i'm deterministso if five million years ago, i have all that data, then i know there will be a mark. I know everything that mark will do. Ah, i know that long before he exists, that sort of thoroughgoing determinism about human behavior. And yes, so he's done asking questions. He merely is passing on the wisdom at this point.
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