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Richard Rorty

American Philosopher

Born: Oct 4, 1931

Died: Jun 8, 2007

Always Between Books Ideas Only Think

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Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. Richard Rorty

Strive Only Excel Weekends Always

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. Richard Rorty

Speak World Cause Language Other Once Ourselves Only Propose Does Human Human Beings Hold Cannot Us Beings Beliefs Programmed

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way. Richard Rorty

Truth Truth Is Seen Way Compliment Simply Sentences Paid Paying

Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. Richard Rorty

Organization Unions Ought Say About Between Countries Indonesia Well Talking Another Trade Trade Unions Wage Labor Confederation Difference Workers Speaking Who Europe International Levels Competing

I think you can have a Left that isn't culturally conservative talking about lunch-bucket issues. Richard Rorty

You Conservative Think About Talking Issues Left

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