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Forgive me, but I fail to say what’s mundane in Wolf’s arguments and conclusions. Moral sainthood has been, and still is, presented as an ideal model around the world, cross-culturally.

I also don’t understand why philosophy is “out of the landscape of human language,” a statement made more puzzling by the fact that you quote Wittgenstein, a philosopher.

As for evolutionary psychology, there are very serious reasons to doubt that it is a fully formed and reliable science. The progress you mention doesn’t come from evolutionary psychology, but from comparative anthropology and comparative moral psychology, altogether different fields.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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