Philosophers are "Loafers"

We were not originally made to be learned; we have become so perhaps by a sort of abuse of our organic faculties, and at the expense of the State, which nourishes a host of loafers whom vanity has adorned with the name of “philosophers.” Nature created us all solely to be happy—yes, all, from the crawling worm to the eagle that soars out of sight in the clouds. That is why she has given all animals some share of natural law, a share of greater or less delicacy according to the needs of each animal’s organs when in good condition.

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Folksonomies: commentary

Taxonomies:
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Concepts:
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Onychophora (0.766595): dbpedia_resource
Animals (0.761987): dbpedia_resource
Organ (0.755731): dbpedia_resource
Psychology (0.729011): dbpedia_resource
Vermes (0.724531): dbpedia_resource
Natural science (0.706665): dbpedia_resource
Political philosophy (0.703197): dbpedia_resource

 Man a Machine
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