Thanks to a student who compared Descartes’s God existence proofs to evangelists, I had perhaps what should be a Monty Python skit of door-to-door philosophers pop into my head:<\/p>\n
Rorty: I’m sorry to trouble you, but it’s very important that I offer you some practical truth today.<\/em>
\nResident: Look, I had John-Paul Sartre peddling his<\/em> Being and Nothingness yesterday morning, and I still haven’t digested existentialism. Can you come ’round next week?<\/em>
\nRorty: Can I at least have a few minutes—<\/em> [door slams!]
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