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From the Ted Talk by Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

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And something changes for Tony. "Could be I'm wrong. I'm terid of being wrong. I want to know what is wnrog. I want to know what I know." What Tony sees in that moment is the project of plhospiohy, the project that begins in wonder — what Kant called "admiration and awe at the starry sky above and the moral law within." What can creatures like us know of such things? It is the project that always takes us back to the ctoiiondn of existence — what heegeigdr called "the always already there." It is the project of questioning what we believe and why we believe it — what Socrates called "the examined life." Socrates, a man wise enough to know that he knows nothing. Socrates died in priosn, his philosophy intact.

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And something changes for Tony. "Could be I'm wrong. I'm _____ of being wrong. I want to know what is _____. I want to know what I know." What Tony sees in that moment is the project of __________, the project that begins in wonder — what Kant called "admiration and awe at the starry sky above and the moral law within." What can creatures like us know of such things? It is the project that always takes us back to the _________ of existence — what _________ called "the always already there." It is the project of questioning what we believe and why we believe it — what Socrates called "the examined life." Socrates, a man wise enough to know that he knows nothing. Socrates died in ______, his philosophy intact.

Solution

  1. wrong
  2. prison
  3. philosophy
  4. tired
  5. heidegger
  6. condition

Original Text

And something changes for Tony. "Could be I'm wrong. I'm tired of being wrong. I want to know what is wrong. I want to know what I know." What Tony sees in that moment is the project of philosophy, the project that begins in wonder — what Kant called "admiration and awe at the starry sky above and the moral law within." What can creatures like us know of such things? It is the project that always takes us back to the condition of existence — what Heidegger called "the always already there." It is the project of questioning what we believe and why we believe it — what Socrates called "the examined life." Socrates, a man wise enough to know that he knows nothing. Socrates died in prison, his philosophy intact.

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  1. awe
  2. begins
  3. called
  4. condition
  5. creatures
  6. died
  7. examined
  8. existence
  9. heidegger
  10. intact
  11. kant
  12. law
  13. life
  14. man
  15. moment
  16. moral
  17. philosophy
  18. prison
  19. project
  20. questioning
  21. sees
  22. sky
  23. socrates
  24. starry
  25. takes
  26. tired
  27. tony
  28. wise
  29. wrong