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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/05/2023 02:42, spike wrote:<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Gadersd,
the term philosopher has no clear opposite. What should
it be called? A phobosopher?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>…"Non-philosopher" will suffice…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On the contrary Adrian. The term
non-philosopher is neutral. Gadersd used the very strong
negative term loathe: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>>…I loathe philosophy and would be
upset if anyone considered me a philosopher… gadersd<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If we go with prefixes, it would need to be
anti-philosopher, but that too is imperfect, as is the
Newspeaky-sounding term unphilosopher. Double ungood.</p>
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I think 'realist is perfect.<br>
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Ben<br>
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