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If I had not learned the philosophical techniques of epistemology; and learned the rudiments of political science, law, ethics, logic and good old common sense, I could not have given my lawyer ideas he did not yet see. After he saw them, he was able to help me the way I wanted help, and I would say I won.
I had to go to the local law library and put all my philosophical tools in play to accomplish this.
"Political science" used to come right after Ethics. Now, however, it is often seen as something apart from philosophy, and we call that thing "politics."
Political science trumps "politics" any day of the week as far as saving humanity goes. It's the "science" of using metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, in the setting of a civilization. Whereas politics is simply a bunch of thugs fighting over pork.
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