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#118: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton

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What Are Some Philosophers That Are Interesting?

Philosophy is a discipline that's distinct from, say, poetry or religion. It wants to talk about the things that are meaningful. And like religion, it wants to give us guidance but unlike religion, it's not using the supernatural. The general public hasn't just forgotten about philosophy by mistake. In so farfrom my point of view, i thinkt its most interesting at its verin its very opening moves. When philosophy begins in ancient greece and rome r it sets out to be therapy for the soul. But when we hit the twentieth century, the number of interesting philosophers tals off. That's often a sign that something has gone wrong.

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