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PhilosophyGround >> The Good Life?
| 8/5/08 4:45 AM | |
Joe Ray
Member Since: 8/24/00 Posts: 50747 |
Which philosopher do you think has written the best work on how to lead a virtuous, fulfilling and happy life? I'd be particularly interested in hearing about less known or obscurer philosophers who have written on this subject. Thanks. |
| 8/5/08 10:15 AM | |
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Socrates
Member Since: 8/2/01 Posts: 1240 |
Plato, no doubt. Carefully reading his dialogues and thinking about the life of Socrates (both its virtues and its possible limitations) is a course on how to live. It is fundamental. I have found that all other "philosophies" (hedonism, stoicism, egoism, religion...) are mere over-simplifications of one aspect of Socrates' life. All just footnotes to Plato. Sorry Plato isn't obscure, but I would recommend reading the obscure dialogues as a place to start. There is an EXCELLENT collection of the shorter, obscure dialogues that few people read - along with interpretive essays on each - in a book called "The Roots of Political Philosohy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues". It's great. Check it out. |
| 8/6/08 7:38 AM | |
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Joe Ray
Member Since: 8/24/00 Posts: 50756 |
What parts of platos philosophy on how to live the good life do you especially admire? |
| 8/8/08 2:27 PM | |
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thesleeper
Edited: 08/08/08 2:28 PM Member Since: 8/31/07 Posts: 958 |
Nozick. The examined life. The chapter on the experience machine is assigned in many universities. |
| 8/11/08 5:47 PM | |
bleier
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Member Since: 5/13/05 Posts: 1322 |
Epicurus Diogenes the dog Marcus Aurelius Schopenhauer |
| 8/12/08 9:16 PM | |
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twinkletoesCT
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Edited: 08/12/08 9:16 PM Member Since: 12/26/02 Posts: 7419 Modern Self-Defense Center, Head Instructor |
Fred Feldman Links to Amazon: Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism (Paperback) |
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