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The American philosopher Richard Rorty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty) died on Jun. 8, 2007. -- Some of his last thoughts were recorded in an essay published posthumously in the journal Poetry.[1] -- Rorty's main point: facing death, the only reading he'd done that he found was "of any use" poetry. -- Not philosophy, not religious texts, but poetry. -- "I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnuts -- just as I would have if I had made more close friends." -- NOTE: Poetry has been published in Chicago since 1912....
In March 2009 Shashi Tharoor gave a wide-ranging lecture at the University of Southern California on Indian public diplomacy, followed by a Q&A period.[1] -- Tharoor, 54, was under-secretary-general of the United Nations from 2001 to 2007, and is the author of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India in the 21st Century (2007). -- He was a serious candidate for the post of secretary-general of the United Nations in 2006. -- Shortly after giving this lecture, Tharoor won a seat in India's parliament and is now India's minister of state for external affairs....