Philosophy
isn't just for academics and the great thinkers--it's for
everyone. Please join us for thought-provoking exchanges
on issues that have philosophical implications for all of
us. A $5 donation will be requested at the door.
For more information, call Gordon
Wilson, chair of the UNCA
Philosophy Department, 828/251-6349.
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GREAT
QUOTES II
2006-2007
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Sept. 5: The U.S. Constitution
“A constitution cannot prevent change; indeed by permitting an appeal to the constitution, the discretion of the court is increased and change made possible.” E. Levi
Brian Butler
UNCA
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Oct. 3: Putnam on Skepticism
“We aren’t brains in a vat” H. Putnam
Keya Maitra
UNCA
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Nov.
7: “Being is the Being of beings” M. Heidegger
Duane Davis
UNCA
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Dec. 5: Imperialism: Athenean and Otherwise
“Not by receiving kindness but by doing it to others do we acquire friends” Thucydides
Sophie Mills
UNCA
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Jan. 16: Promise Keeping in Ethics
“…a wise prince cannot and should not keep his pledge when it is against his interest to do so and when his reasons for making the pledge are no longer operative” N. Machiavelli
Charles Rowe
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Feb. 6: God’s Non-Existence
“The concept of God is a human invention”
John Henderson
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Mar. 13: Confucianism
“The wise find joy in water, the benevolent find joy in mountains” Confucius
Grant Hardy
UNCA
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Apr. 3: Common law and the creation of American identity in the early republic
“…interwoven with the very idiom that we speak.”
Ellen Pearson
UNCA
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May 1:
Student presentation
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