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The distinction between pure and empirical astronomy is like the distinction between pure and empirical geometry. Pure geometry is a priori; It is independent of empirical data. Empirical Geometry is a posteriori; it is based on empirical data.

T. K. Seung

T. K. Seung

T. K. Seung

Born: September 20, 1930

Died: February 19, 2022 (aged 91)

Bio: T. K. Seung was a Korean American philosopher and literary critic. His academic interests cut across diverse philosophical and literary subjects, including ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, cultural hermeneutics, and ancient Chinese philosophy.

Known for:

Nietzsche's epic of the soul (2005)
Plato rediscovered (1995)

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