Word: higginbotham
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...unlike Socrates, West said Higginbotham did not ignore his emotions in his intellectual examination of society’s problems...
Comparing Higginbotham to Socrates, he said both believed that the ideal human life was not a life of complacency, but a life of awareness and critical examination...
...Leon Higginbotham went beyond Socrates because Socrates was never depicted as shedding a tear,” he said. “The condition of veritas is to allow the cry of pain to be heard...
West also said that, unlike many politicians, Higginbotham was unafraid to express many radical opinions. West said this was a sign of a truly prophetic person...
...People said] the book was too radical, the articles were too incisive. ‘Time for you to back off, Mr. Higginbotham.’” But West said that Higginbotham responded, “No, I’d rather be prophetic...