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George Santayana1863–1952

Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers or detectives, they study the case for which they are retained.

George Santayana on philosophy

The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1911), pp. 48-49

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