Philosophy doubles up our suffering, W. says. Not its redemption, but its witness. Philosophy gives sense to suffering in communicating it to others. Speech, dialogue: that’s what overcomes futility. That’s what lays waste to the senselessness of the world.
The word, philosopher, is an honorific, W. says. It's a title that can only be bestowed by others. No one should ever call himself a philosopher. No one has the right. We become philosophers when we speak, W. says. When we address others on matters of importance. We philosophise when we dialogue, W. says. When we take responsibility for our conversation, and drive it to deeper depths.
But when philosophy has no home? When there are no universities in which philosophy can take shelter? The danger is, that we might forget how to speak. The danger is that suffering voices will cry in the darkness, and there will be no one to respond.
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