All this philosophy, let’s get rid of it. It’s even worse than the novels. Thinkers, philosophers, all thinking exactly the same thing - only I am right, the others are all idiots. Ah, this one must be very profound: the Ethics of Aristotle. Now, anybody that read that must believe he’s a cut above anybody that hasn’t.
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Helping other people to help you by asking the right questions in the right place in the right way
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