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April 26, 2020 16 mins
The importance of philosophy to the development of society and civilization as we know it is impossible to overstate. So why does philosophy often have the feel of an old forgotten relic, passed by by so many today? And how might we restore philosophy to its central position in the cultivation of progress and reason? Education might be a cliché answer to that question, but I do believe it is true. Philosophy is fundamentally the love of wisdom, but it manifests in different ways and through different points of view. Let me know what your own point of view on the subject is. BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/TonyTalksBack Or, make a one-time donation here: https://paypal.me/TonyTalksBack Follow on social media for updates on new content and releases: https://www.facebook.com/TonyTalksBack/ https://twitter.com/TonyTalksBack Learn more about the topics discussed: Aristotle, The History of Animals: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.4.iv.html Neil Degrasse Tyson's hot take on the subject of philosophy: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neil-degrasse-tyson-and-the-value-of-philosophy_b_5330216 Laozi's Dao De Jing: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49965/49965-h/49965-h.htm Confucius and the Analects: http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html Background music thanks to Anchor.
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