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And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence to our sense of ourselves and our world, our sense of ourselves in the world.

Rebecca Goldstein
Plato, Philosophy, Our World
"Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away". Book by Rebecca Goldstein, 2014.
And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence to our sense of ourselves and our world, our sense of ourselves in the world.