THE MUSIC OF REALITY AND OF IDEAS
In philosophical contemplation, we don’t try to reach a conclusion. We contemplate an idea or a text, and we don’t…
CONTEMPLATION – Letting the depth speak through us
What does “contemplative philosophy” mean? How can philosophy be contemplative? Philosophy is a search for the fundamental principles of life…
Being a Wave in the Ocean – Philosophical Contemplation
A philosophical theory cannot touch human reality in the same way that human reality is real for me. Reality is…
Plato and Pericles: How can philosophy change our lives?
How can philosophy change our life? How strong are the influences of our social habits and personal psychological tendencies and…
How Philosophy is Changing my Life
Philosophy has changed my life because for me, philosophy is not just abstract ideas. Abstract ideas can make me think…
ON DEEP THINKING
ON DEEP THINKING (Miranda and her Philosophical Trio) “Yesterday,” Miranda tells Linda, “I had a strange experience reading the philosophical…
Il luogo della persuasione
L’esercizio di meditazione o di contemplazione (nel senso della companionship), non produce elaborazioni razionali in una prima apparenza e quindi…
Miranda and her Philosophical Trio (Chapter 7)
PHILOSOPHY AND THE MANY VOICES OF LIFE Every day, Miranda takes a few minutes to contemplate on a philosophical text.…
Sophia reflects about Camus after a philosophical café
Sophia is lying in her bed. The kids and her husband are sleeping, and finally she has a moment to…
Sophia on her way to Camus
Sophia is sitting again in the kitchen preparing a cup of coffee after work. Today again she talked to her…
MIRANDA AND HER PHILOSOPHICAL TRIO (Chapter 6)
THE “LANGUAGE” OF MY YEARNING In the days that follow the Philosophical Trio meeting [see previous chapter], Miranda is full…
MIRANDA AND HER PHILOSOPHICAL TRIO (Chapter 5)
MIRANDA DISCOVERS NEW MEANINGS After Miranda tells her Trio friends about her “bubble” of insight (See previous chapter), Linda, the…