philosophy as a way of life
Philosophy was once alive
I left academia in the summer of 2022. Since then, I do philosophy in the world. I do it with people and for people who really are grappling with philosophical questions – not as theoretical puzzles, but as things that matter in their lives.
Great Leaders Question Philosophical Assumptions
Leaders who are unable to articulate their own philosophical views and challenge those of others now risk losing their ability to exercise meaningful leadership.
The Wisdom Project
Why not try to live wisely?
The New Philosophy Lehrhaus
It's time for a learning that no longer begins in books and leads to life, but begins in life, and leads … who knows where?
Bonhoeffer on Freedom: Meditation #1
No one experiences the secret of freedom, except through discipline.
Brand Identity
I try to be sincere in my search for truth. And this means accepting it even when I hear it from angels.
Someone I love is suffering
Someone I love is suffering, wrote a friend. What can philosophy tell me about my responsibilities to help them?
Philosophy and Ordinary Life
If there’s a God, He must come meet me here. I no longer wish to travel.
Camus on the Absurd
“Do you want the rest of the seal,” he asked? “Or can I finish it?”
Plato
Later, in the marketplaces and harbours of the ancient world, in temples and sacred groves, in Athens and Sicily, in Megara and Italy, they would whisper the stories to each other.
The Kingdom of Insecurity
We do not know - so let us live as if we do not know. We long to know - so let us live as if we long to know.
Socrates
Perhaps Socrates is telling us that one of the biggest obstacles to wisdom is thinking that we already have it.