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Orchids
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[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty]
One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.' In it, Rorty describes how as a youth he ambled around the blooming hillside in north-west New Jersey, and breathed in the stunning odour of the orchids. Around the same time he discovered a fascinating book at the home of his leftist parents, defending Leon Trotsky against Stalin. This was the origin of the vision that the young Rorty took w
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We stood surrounded by orchids that would make Georgia O’Keeffe teary-eyed and most lesbians distracted.
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― Laughing Down the Moon
― Laughing Down the Moon
