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The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies by David Stove (Review)

By Jon Hersey

Oct 09, 2019
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Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1991.
209 pp. $54 (hardcover).

In 1985, Australian philosopher David Stove held a contest to identify “the worst argument in the world”—the one that was the most terrible, widely accepted, and sheltered from criticism. He declared himself the winner for the following:

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