Jeff Carreira – Philosophy Is Not a Luxury Virtual Seminar

Jeff Carreira – Philosophy Is Not a Luxury Virtual Seminar

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“This is about the profound utility of philosophy. It is rooted in the conviction that philosophy is not a luxury—it is a necessity that none of us can afford to ignore.

This book is not an instruction manual for inquiry or a collection of philosophical ideas to adopt. I have not written it in order to tell you what to think, but rather to give you some things to think about. In doing this I am following a Romantic sentiment that recognizes that the true value of writing lies beyond the understanding contained in the words. It is the truth provoked by the words in the heart and mind of the reader that is the ultimate measure of a writing’s success. Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the first American men of letters, insisted that truth and real understanding must be birthed within us and not merely passed along secondhand: Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul.”