{"id":5629,"date":"2017-04-08T06:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T06:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/04\/08\/fragment-of-an-open-letter-to-edmund-husserl-on-his-birthday\/"},"modified":"2017-04-08T06:24:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T06:24:12","slug":"fragment-of-an-open-letter-to-edmund-husserl-on-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/04\/08\/fragment-of-an-open-letter-to-edmund-husserl-on-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragment of an Open Letter to Edmund Husserl on His Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Edmund Husserl was born on this date in 1859.&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Philosophy was the mission of my life. I <em>had<\/em> to philosophize otherwise I could not live in <em>this<\/em> world. (<a href=\"https:\/\/religiousstudies.stanford.edu\/WWW\/Sheehan\/pdf\/heidegger_texts_online\/1929%20FOR%20HUSSERL&#39;S%2070TH%20BIRTHDAY.pdf\">Here<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Dear Husserl,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">It may be that the truth we need cannot be known in a way that satisfies modern scruples. Not everything worth knowing can be validated conclusively and with certainty within the confines of one&#39;s own subjectivity. 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