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Ep. 5: The Greatest Intellectual of the 20th Century

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The Greatest Intellectual of the Twenty-First Century

Why do people not think of him as one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century? I'm arguing that a component of real ity, of fixed reality, that you can't just wish away or change. The truth of what you see when you see beauty and justice and honour in the world, those are not fantasies. They are realities. And that isr that is the great gift that louis gives us his work. People like him because he was able to speak clearly. This is something that intellectuals of a certain stripe detest. It's easier to be able to say, yes, i've read all this stuff, and here,. let me site for you.

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