We must acknowledge that the strict secularisation of philosophy is itself a philosophical position that requires justification. To simply stipulate that faith separates you from philosophy is as deeply unphilosophical as stipulating that a sacred text must have the last word.
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Talking about my new book, How The World Thinks, on George Miller’s podcast.
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Fortune waxes and wanes. It’s important not to cling too much to the good times so that when they pass, you don’t crave for them too much. If my career takes a dive, I will need to be able to let of whatever success I once had. Letting go of my translations now can only help with that.
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It is culture, not biology, that makes the average French person value all lives more equally and the Japanese make that value depend on how we behave. And these values can in turn be shaped by the philosophical and theological ideas that hold sway.
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“It is a damning indictment of the shallowness of globalisation to date that we are much more versed in the world’s cuisines than we are with its philosophies. People are more familiar with an Indian korma than they are with the true meaning of karma.”
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