When I say that the professional philosophers are getting their due, I mean simply that, insofar as they aren’t (insofar, for example, as ideologues waste time that could be saved if they knew more philosophy), this is the result of human finitude—simple laziness and stupidity, on the part of both the professionals and their various audiences. But of course in this sense, no book, no tradition, and no discipline ever gets its due. To announce that professional philosophy should get more attention would be important only if its plight were a special case.
December 9, 2020. Page 420. Stupid people.
