>>21849521>Why would anybody pretend to be a philosopher anyway? It's not like this is a job you get paid for.That's the thing. Because of the lack of ego required to be a philosopher, one would never call himself one because that would be too conceited.
People are recognized as philosophers when they say something truthful that others found valuable. Not because they studied philosophy at a university.
Schopenhauer said it best in the picture attached to
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People who write because they genuinely have something worthwhile to say are true philosophers.
People who write for fame and recognition, or to earn money, they are not.
