Philosophy
Philosophy as a Way of Life: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
Spiritual exercises
Ancient philosophy was a practice: meditation, self-examination and training attention, not just abstract theory.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Attention to the present
The Stoics trained themselves to focus fully on the present action.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
The view from above
Imagine looking down on the Earth from high above.
Your worries shrink to their real size.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Learning to die
Philosophy prepared students to face death calmly, which made them freer to live.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Dialogue transforms
Conversation was a method of changing the self, not just exchanging ideas.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Live it
Philosophy is a way of being in the world.
Judge it by how you live.
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