Phi-lo-so-phie
Noun, feminine [the]
- Striving for knowledge about the meaning of life, the nature of the world and the position of man in the world; doctrine, science of the knowledge of the meaning of life, the world and the position of man in the world.
- personal way of looking at life and things
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Recent articles
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The beauty of farewell
In a few weeks, I will be changing my employer. Once I had made this decision for myself, I knew that there would be a lot to do. Not only, I thought, would I have to have an unpleasant conversation with my boss, but the conversations with my colleagues also promised to be unpleasant. Already in the...
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Trump assassination attempt: an attack on democracy
Anyone who has consumed any form of news in the last few days will probably have heard that there was an attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump. This event has naturally provoked a wide range of opinions. Naturally, these were also exchanged within my circle of friends and acquaintances. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at this topic....
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How inconvenience makes your life better
Before I got involved with the subject of philosophy, I was firmly convinced that a good life consists of having no unpleasantness in it. So if we just remove all the unpleasantness from our lives, it will be many times better and more worth living. Now, a few years later, I have a completely different idea...
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Give people a smile
The quickest possible route to my current job takes me through Karlsruhe's red light district. As I am a rather reserved person, I initially drove through the street looking straight ahead. Especially in the morning, the street is more than deserted, with only the occasional lady sitting in the windows. In the afternoon, when I return from work...
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How to overcome your chains
I recently came across a man in the city who was wearing a T-shirt with an inscription on it. It read the following quote: "Those who do not move do not notice their chains." Rosa Luxemburg I had to think a lot about this sentence in the hours that followed. When I got home later, I occupied myself with...
Quote to think about
„Not all those who wander are lost.“
j. R. R. Tolkien
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