David L. Norton
David Lloyd Norton (March 27, 1930 – July 24, 1995) was an American philosopher. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 27, 1930, to Cecil V.
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- Born in
- St. Louis
- Educated at
- Boston UniversityWashington University in St. Louis
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Trending topics shown first"Loyalty to life, according to Nietzsche, begins in the resolve to seek life’s principle within itself and not in something outside it—not, for example, in a God or supernature that, by being conceived…"
"To speak a truth that belongs to another is untruth, for speaking belongs to living, hence to speak another’s truth is to live a life that is not one’s own."
"Imitation is replication of particulars, emulation is adoption of an exemplified universal or principle."
"Autonomy is not "total self-sufficiency" but "the entitlement of each interactive entity to determine for itself what its contributions to others will be and, likewise, to determine for itself what us…"
"Concerning the truth at hand he was saying, yes, surely, it is a truth a reason or a truth of fact, but before I offer it I must discover whether it is a personal truth and a part of myself, for other…"
"The great enemy of integrity is not falsehood as such but … the attractiveness of foreign truths, truths that belong to others."
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1930
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