Philosophy
We are all philosophers, whether we know it or not. Philosophy – from the Greek meaning ‘the love of wisdom’ – is not only about Plato and Aristotle or Kant and Sartre. It’s the practice of thinking about how we live our lives; how we muddle through life’s bewildering maze. I’m writing this in a café of the School of Life, an organisation established by one of my favourite contemporary philosophers, Alain de Botton, to encourage practical, relevant philosophy. When you reflect on the world and your place in it, you become a philosopher. And you are wiser than you think.
— Wayne Visser
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