The Importance of Conversation in Philosophy

I try to weave philosophical intercourse into my actual erotic relationships. People will listen to a lot of shit come out of your mouth when the eye was hot, but when the desire dies down, then they're like, I don't want to talk about this with you anymore. So at St. John's, of course, we value this idea of a conversation instead of lectures,. which often are just much like reading from... There are set speeches. But you know, that we actually have these conversations and that you are active when you are ... You read something, you're not just a passive recipient of the words, you are active with regard to them.