plumbing and philosophy

Submitted by manolism on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 17:14.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Το είπε...: John W. Gardner

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