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Kieran Setiya: Facing up to Life

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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The Importance of Friendship

Without friends, life isn't worth living. This is a kind of theme in philosophy. Running from Aristotle really gives a lot of attention to friends. And one thing that I think is really important about it is that we have to resist the tendency to think of friendship as something very limited. It's hard to feel like you matter without someone acknowledging your dignity or meaning as a human being.

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