Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak. (Ernest Gellner)

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Ernest Gellner

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