Question:“On a first book of philosophy”
On a first book of philosophy
Philosophy is not a book that gives answers. It is a book that sharpens questions. A well sharpened question lasts a lifetime.
Three descend. Skip the paragraph you cannot understand. When you come back, that place will be open.
- Apology, PlatoThe first words philosophy spoke with its life on the line.
- Meditations, Marcus AureliusAn emperor’s letters to himself, never meant for other eyes.
- Sophie’s World, Jostein GaarderOne letter to a girl walks the whole of Western philosophy.
On the wall at Delphi was carved “Know thyself.”