Two of the greatest questions of life

 An interesting philosophical lecture. Especially the last 11 minutes (from 18 minutes).

 The lecture is in English with Swedish text. Can only be seen in Sweden.

 First I will quote Socrates: A life lived without reflection (= meditation) over life is meaningless (= not worth living). The most important thing in life is not to be influenced by others. The most important thing is to develop oneself (= your true self). Therefore: Make sure that you thirst for wisdom, to improve your judgment. Wisdom is achieved with rigor, power and discipline. Rectitude is achieved through training and discipline to overcome personal shortcomings and weaknesses.

 and another quote in the lecture: Beautiful and very young is Philo-Sofia. - Poetry is her ally in the service of the good.

 I recommend especially the last 11 minutes (from minute 18 on)

Production year: 2014
Duration: 29:10
Available until: July 1, 2020

 Philosopher and writer Rebecca Goldstein has a passionate relationship to the philosophy that allowed her to constantly examine and reassess beliefs. Here she talks about the importance of the renaissance of the thoughts of Enlightenment. She believes there are two kinds of philosophical questions that humans wrestle with: questions about what is and questions about what is significant. For example, we must ask ourselves what kind of universe we exist in, and how we see our own identity and significance.

The program is available at UR Play:

https://urskola.se/Produkter?q=Samtiden-Zombier-kvantbiologi 

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Also check: http://axiom1b.blogspot.se/2015/03/from-socrates-1-curse-of-person-who.html