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MangaD Offline

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11-10-2015, 08:57 PM

Contemporary politics stem from sophism, where truth comes second to rhetoric. Demagogues, puppets, liars. Debating over prejudice, ignorance and/or distorted facts is meaningless - rooting for clubs should be done elsewhere.

Philosophy is precisely the opposite of this, where truth is the ultimate goal. With its base on logic and solid premisses. This does not mean however, that we should not discuss certain subjects covered by politics. As long as there are solid facts and logic to it, instead of biased views and fallacies...