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Nothing is Hidden in Philosophy
Mystics say ‘there is a profound and mysterious truth that I know, but you cannot know because you are not a great master, like me’. But Epicurus says ‘anyone can know this’, and Socrates says not only that anyone can know this, but you already know this and have forgotten!
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Rochefoucauld’s Troubles
Rochefoucauld observes: ‘Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.’ But I say: Where philosophy is, troubles are not; and where troubles are, philosophy is not.
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Philosophy is a Magic Spell
Philosophy is like a kind of magic spell: you only need to say the right words in the right order and with the right intent you can change your world. Philosophy can turn poverty into wealth and sickness into health; it can free you from constraints, from the power of tyrants, from the fear of […]
An experiment with philosophy as a way of life
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