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VIDEO: Interview with Britta RyschkaSeparating the ropes: the first philosophical counseling session [spvideo]http://youtu.be/Ag_q-f55JuU[/spvideo]   {jcomments on}

Bίντεο: Chiara Zanella Τι σημαίνει το να φιλοσοφούμε πάνω στη ζωή; [spvideo]http://youtu.be/t1jBa8mr99k[/spvideo]   {jcomments on} Chiara Zanella, φιλοσοφική σύμβουλος από το 2006, είναι πρόεδρος της εταιρείας Φρόνησις, της ιταλικής εταιρείας φιλοσοφικής συμβουλευτικής και συντάκτρια της ομώνυμης επιθεώρησης.Έχει συγγράψει διάφορα δοκίμια και έχει εκδώσει το βιβλίο «Σοφία και Αγάπη. Φιλοσοφικές πρακτικές και ποιμενικές δραστηριότητες: μία σύγκριση» από τις εκδόσεις Liguori.

Solution to Puzzle #15: PHILOSOPHER 1 – RENÉ DESCARTES Years ago I noticed that many of the things which I believed to be true were in fact false. As a result, everything that I based on these beliefs was questionable. And once I realized this, I decided that I should get rid of all my beliefs and opinions, and construct my knowledge from the beginning on a firm foundation. PHILOSOPHER 2 – FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A human being is like a rope...

Solution to Puzzle #14: EspañolSeven ancient philosophers are transported to the 21st century, and they find themselves together in a fancy nightclub: Aristippus, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Protagoras, and Socrates. The following conversation develops between them. Can you identify the name of each philosopher? PHILOSOPHER 1 (Aristippus): Oh, wow, a nightclub full of pleasures! Beer, dancing, wild music to excite my adrenaline. That’s what I call the good life! PHILOSOPHER 2 (Marcus Aurelius): Careful now, don’t be a slave of your...

ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ НОЯБРЬ С 6 по 11 ноября на базе отдыха «Наука» силами кафедры философии ЮУрГУ (https://www.susu.ru/ru/f/history/kafedry/filosofii) состоялся первый в России международный ретрит по многообразию форм и методов философской практики. Ретрит – это особая форма интеллектуальной деятельности, которая, в отличие от привычных конференций, форумов и симпозиумов, связана с работой в малых группах, предполагает насыщенную программу, в ходе которой участники осваивают методологию философской практики в живом общении, дающем возможность выйти на новый уровень философского профессионализма, востребованного в современном образовании. Такое погружение в философскую...

Solution to Puzzle #13:                                                                                           Español We received correct solutions from Frank Scalambrino (USA) and Eduardo Rojas (Peru). The four philosophers are: Friedrich Nietzsche, Zeno, David Hume, and Henri Bergson. A Frenchman (Bergson), a Scottish man (Hume), a German (Nietzsche), and a Greek (Zeno) meet at the horse-races. They start talking, and soon they discover that they are all famous philosophers, dead now, who came down from heaven to have a bit of fun on earth. They sit down, waiting for the...

Solución al enigma de los Filósofos de la Antigüedad sobre la buena vida: 7 filósofos  de  la antigüedad son transportados al siglo XXI y resultan encontrándose en un club nocturno de moda: Aristipo, Aristóteles, Epicuro, Marco Aurelio, Platón, Protágoras y Sócrates. Entre ellos se desarrolla  la siguiente conversación. ¿Puedes identificar el nombr de cada uno de los filósofos? FILÓSOFO 1: (Aristipo) ¡Oh! ¡Este club está lleno de placeres! Cervezas, baile, música para sacudir mi adrenalina. ¡Esto es lo que yo llamo...

 ENIGMA FILOSÓFICO "FILÓSOFOS DE LA ANTIGÜEDAD SOBRE LA BUENA VIDA" Solución al enigma    Filósofos de la Antigüedad sobre la buena vida  Envíanos tu respuesta a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. antes del viernes 1 de diciembre en la noche. El ganador o los ganadores serán anunciados en Agora. 7 filósofos  de  la antigüedad son transportados al siglo XXI y resultan encontrándose en un club nocturno de moda: Aristipo, Aristóteles, Epicuro, Marco Aurelio, Platón, Protágoras y Sócrates. Entre ellos se desarrolla  la siguiente conversación. ¿Puedes...

Solution to Puzzle #12: We received correct solutions from Maurizio Bisogno (Ireland) and Sebastian Drobny (Austria).Good job, Maurizio and Sebastian! .Solución al enigma del dragón: Recibimos respuestas correctas de Jose Antonio Fajula, Jean M M, Daniel Víquez, Paula Juliana Gonzalez Lasso, Francesca Battistoni, David Alejandro Serafin Martínez, Roberto J. Palacios y Mirko Lichthardt. ¡Buen trabajo!  

Solution to Puzzle #11: Once again, Maurizio Bisogno, our faithful reader, solved this puzzle. Thank you, Maurizio, for your persistence and thoughtfulness!  

Solution to Puzzle #10 We received correct solutions from Heidi Bennent (Germany), Maurizio Bisogno (Ireland), Regina Penner (Russia), and Michele Zese (Italy). Thank you, the four of you, for your nice solutions!  

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #8 Nobody managed to give a complete solution to the puzzle, but Maurizio Bisogno gave an almost-complete solution. Good job, Maurizio!

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #7 Three readers sent us correct answers to Puzzle #7: Karl Pfeifer, Maurizio Bisogno, and Lydia Amir. Good job, Karl, Maurizio and Lydia! The correct answers are: 1. BERTRAND RUSSELL (not an existentialist) 2. AUGUSTINE (not an empiricist) 3. EPICURUS (Does not believe in the One) 4. THOMAS AQUINAS (Is not a common-sense philosopher) 5. MARCUS AURELIUS (Is not a phenomenologist) 6. RENÉ DESCARTES (Is a foundationalist) 7. ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD (Is a process philosopher)  

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #6 Regina Penner from Russia won Puzzle 6, giving the biggest number of correct solutions. Here are the correct answers to Puzzle 6. As you can see, all the books are major works of their writers, arguably their magnum opus.    1. Two possibilities, but not both – Either Or (Kierkegaard) 2. The king’s son – The Prince (Machiavelli) 3. The words of some Persian guy – Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzsche) 4. The way everything is organized –...

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #5 Nobody solved Puzzle #5. The correct answers are:  GROUP 1: Those thinkers were all existentialists. (Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Jaspers, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus) GROUP 2: Those thinkers were all Jewish by birth (Walter Benjamin, Edmond Husserl, Emmanuel Levinas, Martin Buber, Spinoza, Henri Bergson) GROUP 3: Those thinkers were all killed by somebody. (Giordano Bruno was burnt by the Church; Mohandas Gandhi was shot by a Hindu nationalist; Moritz Schlick was shot by a...

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #4 The winner of Puzzle #4 is Maurizio Bisogno. He found 21 (out of 25) words from ancient Greek philosophy. The complete list of words is: Agape, Apeiron, Aletheia, Arche, Arete, Ataraxia, Atomos, Chaos, Cosmos, Daemon, Doxa, Eidos, Entelechy, Episteme, Eros, Eudaimonia, Logos, Nomos, Nous, Phronesis, Physis, Pneuma, Polis, Psyche, Sophia, Techne

SOLUTION TO PUZZE #3 The winner of Puzzle #3 is Jason Barnes. He managed to compose a chain of 56 philosophers from Agora’s Topics page! (Each name in the list has the same first letter or last letter as the next name.) Jason will receive a free book of his choice from Loyev Books. Hume > Epictetus > Schopenhauer > Russell > Lucretius > Schlick > Kierkegaard > Dewey > Tolstoy > Tatarkiewicz > Zambrano > Ortega > Aurelius > Solomon...

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