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Ep. 284: Mark Twain’s Philosophy of Human Nature (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Old Man's Consistency About Training

"It felt to me like a certain kind of progressive inconsistency in the way he applies these different categories. It does sound like sometimes that he's putting forward the blank slate, the tabula rosa view." "But then in other places, no, there'ser's huge amounts, you know, her's limits for how well training can change you".

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