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I've been meaning to read a lot more philosophy, + a lot more nonfiction in general, but after reading Spillover at the start of the pandemic last year the muchness of life became too much & I retreated to fiction. Though not all of the fictional books I've picked have been consoling 😂 Anyway, this was a great overview of key philosophical thoughts & systems laid out in a comprehensive & engaging manner. Very thinky & conducive to contemplation.

Our discussion of philosophy begetting science from last week‘s reading led me to this wonderful article on the important role philosophy can still play for scientists today.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01103-x
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Digging into this beauty. I‘m also pleasantly surprised that it discusses some of the same philosophers in the third and fourth chapters of Sophie‘s World.
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I have this as an ebook, but I feel like it will be so much more helpful as a physical book. I‘m going to read it along side Sophie‘s World to get a stronger/deeper understanding of each of the philosophers presented. This also brings in eastern philosophy, where Sofie‘s World doesn‘t. We shall see how it all works out. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Not quite the same thing but I couldn't find this title in the Litsy database.
Got this #philosophy #bookhaul at our annual massive book sale! It even came with the original case.

Pythagoras is probably my favourite ancient philosopher. He was a bit of a nut, but he did like how math is in everything, so he put it into his philosophy.
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Too bad we‘ve stopped teaching people to think independently (even though factory work hasn‘t been the standard work place of the masses for generations), or America might actually be having a philosophical revolution right now as opposed to tearing apart at the seams.
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One must first question to gain knowledge.
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Philosophy as a puzzle.
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This is how I‘m explaining philosophy to students from now on.
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Shakes is EVERYWHERE I tell ya!!!
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💙💙💙 Love this. 💙💙💙
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So excited to read this. Love that I got it for $2. I‘m hoping this helps me with philosophy students in the writing lab, as well as exploring new ideas and intellectual approaches to life.
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BookBub has posted sales on an amazing bunch of books today, including this one. You can sign up at bookbub.com and indicate the genres you like to read to get these notices. There is always at least one free book per day. No, I don‘t own a stake in it, but I‘d sure like to! I love BookBub! I‘ve bought so many ebooks for $3 or less! 😁

I had to think on this one a bit, but I finally came up with my #phil5 choices. ?

1. Aristotle
2. Sun Zhu
3. Confucius
4. Immanuel Kant
5. Søren Kierkegaard

?If you‘re game for sharing whose philosophies you live your life by and you haven‘t been tagged already to do so then I tag @JoeStalksBeck @Samwise_Gamgee @DarcysMom @Silent_Whispers @GinEyre22 @rohit-sawant @JenP @MinDea @Izai.Amorim @speljamr @gossamerchild ?

This book gives a great overview of philosophy. I was a philosophy major in college and this book covers many of the ideas I learned at school. However, my only grievance is that it leaves some ideas out like Kantian ethics. But other than that I highly recommend this to people who like philosophy or want to learn more about it.

My currently reading

Today was a really good book buying day!💁🏻

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