Heidegger

[Muchasmasgracias at cs.com]

 KXX4493553 at aol.com writes:

 << 
  Well, why are philosophers so important anyways?  I mean other than for 
  cocktail party chatter... >>
  A good question! But you can ask in the same way why writers like Pynchon 
 are so important, and why this list actually exists...
 kwp 
 

Which leads straight into the question of why there aren't more cocktail 
parties...  How else are we ever going to get to the bottom of this stuff?