The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin

When wise people really want to influence the world, they tell stories.

The "canon" of philosophy really is an old boys club. Literally.

There are reasons of course. Millenia of oppressive patriarchy among them.

But I like the reasoning of Clarissa Pinkola Estes that women pass wisdom forward, not as a bunch of dry propositions, but as stories.

You can take every philosopher from Socrates to Schopenhauer, add every word writte…