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Richard Rorty

American philosopher.

Born October 4th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]

Died June 8th, 2007 at 75 years old in Palo Alto (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Occupations
pedagogue, philosopher, university teacher, writer
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer