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Old 25th November 2012, 07:31 AM   #71
Atwill
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Originally Posted by StankApe View Post
see, i am a firm believer that philosophy hasn't actually changed much of anything.
Well, then you firmly believe something that's demonstrably false.

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Man would've pursued his explorations in science regardless. (in fact, i would say the religious philosophy has in fact hurt scientific endeavor wayyyy more than philosophy has ever helped it).

Ethics exist without a textbook, morality exists without a religion and man would have endeavored to "know" regardless of 400 pages of what "to be" happens to say.
To me, that's like saying "Words would exist without letters" or "Forests would exist without trees". Science, ethics and morals *are* philosophy.
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