[WOSG]

And why not jump around? He's defending the whole of western civilization from a philosophe-buffoon who knows no history, or is rewriting it.

[Aquinasfan]

And why not jump around?

I liked it. He raises important points, not the least of which is that we are all influenced by philosophers, whether we know their names or not.

Another thing worth considering is that philosophical revolutions generally spring from a philosopher, develop in the universities and become conventional wisdom within a span of 3 or 4 decades. This gives me pause considering that the prevailing philosophy in academia is "deconstructionism."