Two of life's great questions
What is? What matters?
An interesting
philosophical lecture. Starts in English with Swedish subtitles after 1,5
minutes. Especially the last 11 minutes (from 18 minutes) are very interesting.
I
like to 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
(= true self). Therefore: Make sure that you constantly have a thirst for
wisdom, to develop your judgement - Wisdom achieved with rigor, power and
discipline. Rectitude achieved through training and discipline to overcome
personal shortcomings and weaknesses.
and
another quote from the lecture: Filo-sofia
is beautiful and young - poetry is her brother in arms in the service of good.
I
recommend especially the last 11 minutes (from 18 minutes)
Production year: 2014 - Duration:
29:10 - Available until July 1, 2020
The philosopher and writer,
Rebecca Goldstein, has a passionate relationship to the philosophy that allowes
her to constantly examine and reassess different beliefs. Here she talks about
the importance of a renaissance of the thoughts from the time of the Enlightenment.
She believes that there are two kinds of philosophical questions that we 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.
Recorded November 10th 2014 at Rival in
Stockholm. Organizer: Freedom of thought publishers and the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences.
The program is available at UR Play:
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