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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

A YouTube channel you should know

The School of Life...



A few minutes in, a valuable peripatetic point is made:
We make the wrong choices because, guided by advertising and false glamour, we keep on imagining that a particular kind of holiday, or car, or computer will make a bigger difference than it can. At the same time, we underestimate the contribution of other things – like going for a walk - which may have little prestige but can contribute deeply to the character of existence.



On Wisdom

It’s one of the grandest and oddest words out there, so lofty, it doesn’t sound like something one could ever consciously strive to be – unlike say, being cultured, or kind. Others could perhaps compliment you on being it, but it wouldn’t be something you could yourself ever announce you had become.

Nevertheless, though it’s impossible ever to reach a stable state of wisdom, as an aspiration, wisdom deserves to be rehabilitated and take its place among a host of other, more typical goals one might harbour... (continues)
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And a podcast, Philosophy Bites...

What is Philosophy?

We asked a range of Philosophy Bites interviewees the simple question 'What is Philosophy?'...Here are some of their answers: 

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