"The crucified human body is our best picture of the unacknowledged human soul."
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Philosophers from the United StatesMacArthur FellowsHarvard University facultyPeople from AtlantaUniversity of California, Berkeley alumni
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The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy (Oxford: 1979), p. 430
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Stanley Cavell
Stanley Louis Cavell (September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.
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