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The Journey to Philosophical Wisdom | Philosophy of Meditation #1 with Rick Repetti and John Vervaeke

Dr. John Vervaeke

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The Journey to Philosophical Wisdom

The speaker experienced a stringent, fundamentalist Christian upbringing which left a taste for transcendence in their mouth. Despite rejecting Christianity, the figure of Jesus haunted them, leading to a personal meaning crisis. Their exposure to eastern philosophy through the works of Herman Hesse and young, and reading Plato's Republic in first-year philosophy, meeting Socrates, had a life-transforming impact, launch their career into philosophy.

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