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People are not monads. A real, live human self is always already partial to certain, select others. Morality needs to take this essential fact about human selfhood into account rather than pretend to override it.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
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Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
Opinion | Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Published 2021)
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Who knows, maybe reading about philosophy at midlife will inspire a new and abiding passion? I recommend it—though you may find other interests,
Kieran Setiya • Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
“Philosophy.” “Really?” she asked. “Really.” “Has that been”—trying not to laugh—“helpful to you?” “Inasmuch as it’s a study of how people ought to live, in theory, not at all,” I said. “But it’s useful in thinking about how people actually do behave, and why. Whether we really know what we think we know. How our minds trick us into forging false
... See moreDann McDorman • West Heart Kill: A novel
Kierkegaard wanted to find a truth that was true for him—the idea for which he could live and die. Purity of heart is to will one thing. —Kierkegaard