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Tag: Ancient Philosophy

Wittgenstein’s Lived Philosophy: What Ever Happened to Serious ‘Self-Help’?

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 by Terrance J. Mintner, posted in Ideas

This slightly repetitive but fascinating New York Times op-ed piece (“Wittgenstein’s Confession”) takes us into a real-life dilemma of one of the 20th century’s most influential philosophers—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951).

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Quote: Pierre Hadot on Philosophy as an Art of Living

July 24, 2018October 16, 2018 by Feral Philosophy, posted in Ideas

Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists.

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