Danh ngôn của Alexandra Petri

Thanks to postmodernism, we tend to see all facts as meaningless trivia, no one more vital than any other. Yet this disregard for facts qua facts is intellectually crippling. Facts are the raw material of thought, and the knowledge of significant facts makes sophisticated thought possible.

- Alexandra Petri

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Thanks to postmodernism, we tend to see all facts as meaningless trivia, no one more vital than any other. Yet this disregard for facts qua facts is intellectually crippling. Facts are the raw material of thought, and the knowledge of significant facts makes sophisticated thought possible.

Nhờ chủ nghĩa hậu hiện đại, chúng ta có xu hướng coi mọi sự kiện đều là chuyện vặt vãnh vô nghĩa, không cái nào quan trọng hơn cái nào. Tuy nhiên, việc coi thường sự thật như sự thật này đang làm tê liệt trí tuệ. Sự thật là nguyên liệu thô của tư duy, và kiến ​​thức về những sự kiện quan trọng khiến cho tư duy phức tạp trở nên khả thi.

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