I'm not sure I catch your drift. Is the problem about not taking past thinkers seriously? Or are we looking for a new standard in general for what arguments are to be taken seriously, namely, only those made by people who live their lives in accord with them.
I'm not sure I catch your drift. Is the problem about not taking past thinkers seriously? Or are we looking for a new standard in general for what arguments are to be taken seriously, namely, only those made by people who live their lives in accord with them.
Those seem like two different problems.