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Why Bother to
Think?
Prometheus Online Simon Blackburn in defence of philosophy and the role of the philosopher When asked about the value
of philosophy I am always reminded of a well-known Oxford story concerning The
Dean of Christchurch, in the nineteenth century. Dean Gaisford was asked by a
visiting lady what was the value of Classical Studies. 'Madam,' he is supposed
to have replied 'it elevates above the common herd, it enables us to read the
word of our Saviour in the original Greek, and it not infrequently leads to
positions of considerable emolument, both in this life and in that which is to
come'. Can we do better than this in defending the practice of philosophy and
its place in the academic world?
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