What would Nietzsche say? How great philosophers would solve your problems
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I"m 50 soon! Tired of hiding in the office every day. Maybe it"s not too late to become a rock star? Or a writer? Why do I work like a horse and barely make ends meet, while others do nothing, but get a fortune? My girlfriend is cheating on a guy. Should she tell her? I began to be afraid of death. This is fine?
From time to time we need a view from the side of the problems we are faced with every day. I wonder what the great philosophers would advise to do, what would they tell about relationships, work, lifestyle and politics in the modern world? Many of them would certainly establish the connections between the question and their own theories.
The book of Marcus Wixes is partly the introduction of philosophy, and partly a collection of advice for all occasions. On its pages, famous thinkers, from Socrates and Aristotle to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, speak out about the urgent, help to make the right decision and learn to philosophically treat difficulties.
Quotes
The guy is cheating on my girlfriend. Should I tell her about this? Like Kant, you may think that your duty is to be honest with your girlfriend, even if it is painful for her. But in this case, are you completely honest with her if you avoid conversation? Bentham advises to consider the possible consequences of what you tell her (or do not tell) Perhaps she would prefer to know what was happening.
Is it worth it to blame my colleague so that I am not fired? For example, Friedrich Nietzsche would advise you to forget all this altruistic nonsense about fidelity and the rules do with others the way you want to do with you. This is, in his opinion, “slave morality”: the ethical code imposed on us by priests to prevent us from succeeding. Nonsense, I would answer Jean-Jacques Rousseau. People are in nature inclined to cooperate, and not just motivated by the desire for personal benefit. You can talk with colleagues and together to understand how to resolve the situation and how to prevent its repetition.
Will drugs help me understand my life, universe and everything else? You need to decide whether you think about the existence of something that you cannot feel with the help of your organs of perception and what will give you an understanding of how the world actually arranges. Next: Ask yourself if you can achieve this with the help of the mind, on the advice of Plato, or only through the effects of psychotropic substances. You can agree with Locke that our sensations themselves are unreliable informants, and drugs are most likely to strengthen this effect - or with Schopenhauer that they are able to help aggravate mind and feelings. Maybe you think, as Descartes and Kant, that drugs give only the illusion of revelation. But if you want to escape from miserable reality, as Marx says, then why not?
The book will be interesting to everyone who is fond of philosophy.
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From time to time we need a view from the side of the problems we are faced with every day. I wonder what the great philosophers would advise to do, what would they tell about relationships, work, lifestyle and politics in the modern world? Many of them would certainly establish the connections between the question and their own theories.
The book of Marcus Wixes is partly the introduction of philosophy, and partly a collection of advice for all occasions. On its pages, famous thinkers, from Socrates and Aristotle to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, speak out about the urgent, help to make the right decision and learn to philosophically treat difficulties.
Quotes
The guy is cheating on my girlfriend. Should I tell her about this? Like Kant, you may think that your duty is to be honest with your girlfriend, even if it is painful for her. But in this case, are you completely honest with her if you avoid conversation? Bentham advises to consider the possible consequences of what you tell her (or do not tell) Perhaps she would prefer to know what was happening.
Is it worth it to blame my colleague so that I am not fired? For example, Friedrich Nietzsche would advise you to forget all this altruistic nonsense about fidelity and the rules do with others the way you want to do with you. This is, in his opinion, “slave morality”: the ethical code imposed on us by priests to prevent us from succeeding. Nonsense, I would answer Jean-Jacques Rousseau. People are in nature inclined to cooperate, and not just motivated by the desire for personal benefit. You can talk with colleagues and together to understand how to resolve the situation and how to prevent its repetition.
Will drugs help me understand my life, universe and everything else? You need to decide whether you think about the existence of something that you cannot feel with the help of your organs of perception and what will give you an understanding of how the world actually arranges. Next: Ask yourself if you can achieve this with the help of the mind, on the advice of Plato, or only through the effects of psychotropic substances. You can agree with Locke that our sensations themselves are unreliable informants, and drugs are most likely to strengthen this effect - or with Schopenhauer that they are able to help aggravate mind and feelings. Maybe you think, as Descartes and Kant, that drugs give only the illusion of revelation. But if you want to escape from miserable reality, as Marx says, then why not?
The book will be interesting to everyone who is fond of philosophy.
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Author:
Author:WIX M.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Phylosophy
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: what would say ... x16x1.4 cm
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-9614-4983-9
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