Amia Srinivasan and Philosophical Genealogy
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Neachard's Genealogy of Morality
Ame i was just going to mention my favorite, very early example of genealogy and this kind of debunkin critical genealogy. That we get from xenophanes, the late sixth century b c Philosopher. He says he wants to de bunk the greek belief that the gods take human form,. They looki women and men. Ame i was hinting there at the importance of nitu in all this and his very, very influential take on morality, western morality. Could you pick that up for us? Genialogy. And it's really niture who introduces this term into philosophy. You don't see anything like it before.
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