What is the whole point of learning philosophy?

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by docdot • 4 years ago

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jschveibinz4• 4 years ago

What is the whole point of learning?

jschveibinz4• 4 years ago

What is the whole point?

jschveibinz4• 4 years ago

What is the whole?

sacrosanct• 4 years ago

Philosophy means 'The love of wisdom'. So if you like wisdom, you should gather as much of it as possible. There are different extremes to this. Some just love reading the odd inspirational quote or kernel of wisdom. Others seek out esoteric literature and esoteric or less-well-known books that aren't as popular as the mainline schools of thought like stoicism or epistemology or religious dogma, or even...The Bible.

stocknoob• 4 years ago

Should subjects have “points” before we study them? Is it good enough that the point may be in the eye of the beholder? Should your life goal be to fulfill a desire for importance you didn’t choose yourself? Can “why” questions ever have satisfying answers?

Wouldn’t it be helpful if people wrote down their models of life, living, what constitutes knowledge, theories of mind and aesthetics, so you could get to the bottom of why people should study philosophy?

What is the whole point of learning philosophy?

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