Tom Wolfe, In the Land of the Rococo Marxists, Harpers, June 2000
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Today, at any leading American university, a Kant, with all his dithering about God, freedom, and immortality, or even a Hume, wouldn't survive a year in graduate school, much less get hired as an instructor.
— Tom Wolfe
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Today, at any leading American university, a Kant, with all his dithering about God, freedom, and immortality, or even a Hume, wouldn't survive a year in graduate school, much less get hired as an instructor." in the context of "Tom Wolfe, In the Land of the Rococo Marxists, Harpers, June 2000" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes about Kant: Alphabetized by author )
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