Thursday, January 24, 2013

Philosophy Wire: Dogs, civilization, leftovers, pariahs...

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-24]: The dog has evolved from wolves through the waste bin of humans. Eating from the leftovers of humans has shaped the dog into what it is today. [source: BBC News] Human civilization is very much alike. It feeds from the leftovers of misunderstood (at their time) geniuses. We live in our oblivion, wandering around, without thinking too much of what we throw to the waste bin of our thoughts. If we are lucky, we barely catch the glimpse of some precious gems in the waste bin of outcasts who eat from our leftovers... Because the most precious thoughts are the ones which you pass by easily, the simple, the seemingly "useless"...

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