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185. Where philosophy begins

185. Where philosophy begins

FromStoic Meditations


185. Where philosophy begins

FromStoic Meditations

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

According to Epictetus philosophy gets started when we are genuinely interested in why people disagree about things. Not in terms of factual matters, which empirical evidence can settle, but about values and how we should think about the world and therefore act in it.

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Released:
Aug 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support