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Personal knowledge is never entirely personal but the extent to which it is so represents a great achievement against the hegemony of all sorts. In the power to consider with our intellectual power everything around us from the daily job, to the market the politics andd our family stays the dignity and the hope for decency for ourselves as human beings. A post-critical philosophy relies hevily on this power, and possibility, of personal knowledge. Personal knowledge brings about authenticity to any train of thougths.
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Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy by Michael Polanyi
serban henrieta, August 9, 2007
Personal knowledge is never entirely personal but the extent to which it is so represents a great achievement against the hegemony of all sorts. In the power to consider with our intellectual power everything around us from the daily job, to the market the politics andd our family stays the dignity and the hope for decency for ourselves as human beings. A post-critical philosophy relies hevily on this power, and possibility, of personal knowledge. Personal knowledge brings about authenticity to any train of thougths.(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)