- Mié. Dic 25th, 2024
2. Listening to the voice of William James about meaning
I sit down and read the article “What makes life significant” by the American thinker William James (1842–1910). What am…
1. Verticality
The horizontal plane of life is one of desires and aversions, aims and actions. It is thirst and fever in…
2. Why do philosophical practitioners contemplate?
To my surprise, many philosophical practitioners I met in the past revealed themselves as practioners of a contemplative system with…
4. Loving and liking
“Our reason is forced to arrange the means according to the goals”, says Simone Weil in one of her small…
4. Methods determine the road
Many of those who write about methods in philosophical practice refer to the ancient Greek ‘methodos’. As the contraction of…
3. Using methods without justifying ourselves
The main method of philosophy aims to conceptualize the world so that we are able to grasp it. And we…
3. Looking back at the roots
The great significance of canons is that they initiate discussions about crucial issues concerning a discipline, issues of identity, of…
3. Wondering: falling in love with wisdom
This reflection string is about the idea that philosophy – which literally means love of wisdom – is something we…
3. The Mystery of Love
Saying yes to life”, then, is not just an attitude. It’s an experience, an intimate experience, which involves feelings, sensations,…
1. A common objective to philosophical practice and contemplation?
As a first step. we might investigate what we mean by the two above-mentioned practices, before we are able to…
2. Practicing philosophy: Making love with wisdom
In my last reflection I concluded that if love is something we can feel, then also the love of wisdom,…
2. Love is “Yes” to life
Of course, many philosophers talk about love and say many things about it: what distinguishes love from other emotions (but,…