Science seems always to advance, while philosophy seems always to lose ground. Many a philosophic flight has been due to the elevating power of thin air. Some philosophers have had all sorts of wisdom except common sense. We want to coordinate our energies by criticizing and harmonizing our desires. Those who don’t want millions, but an answer to their questions: we want to seize the value and perspective of passing things, to pull ourselves up out of the maelstrom of daily circumstance. We believe there is something vital and significant in us, if only we could decipher our own souls. The love of a modestly elusive Truth seemed incomparably more glorious than the lust for the flesh.
But wow - Durant’s writing steals the show. Profiles of some top philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche. Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews. Story of Philosophy - by Will Durant | Derek Sivers Derek Sivers Story of Philosophy - by Will Durant
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