5. Combining stories and dialogues
After Plato, almost every philosopher wrote only in myths. They wrote a story about what they believed the world or…
4. A philosopher’s life, excessively meaningful
The ancient Greeks believed that the death of a person had a great deal to say about his life. Henri…
3. Mythos and Logos
Plato was the first to say that philosophy begins with wonder, and I can connect my own first personal experience…
2. Chasing Henry
It is not hard to imagine what we expect to find in a philosophical practitioner’s library: Hardcover classics like Aristotle’s Nichomahean…
1. Contemplating or conversing
Is philosophy a contemplative or conversational discipline? Can we philosophize on our own, or are we bound to others? When…