Comfort: a philosophical dialogue
In a hospital waiting room two acquaintances, Director and Woman, await the results of surgery on friends. They lend comfort to one another through a wide-ranging conversation. They speak of fear, laughter, spirit, belief, and many other topics. Their dialogue makes clear that we can do far more tha...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In a hospital waiting room two acquaintances, Director and Woman, await the results of surgery on friends. They lend comfort to one another through a wide-ranging conversation. They speak of fear, laughter, spirit, belief, and many other topics. Their dialogue makes clear that we can do far more than simply wait, passively, in fear of results. With the right partner, you can, together, drink in life--and drink deeply indeed. Woman is a professional violinist; Director is a consultant. But Director is also a philosopher. What does a philosopher love to do? Woman believes they love to talk. But Director indicates this isn't quite true. Philosophers love to philosophize. What does that mean? The answer to this comes through a reading of the book as a whole. The dialogue in this book is philosophy. It does not rely on a structure of concepts arranged to articulate a whole, so it may not seem familiar to many as philosophy. Philosophy, as we need it today, is conversational. After all, what is more persuasive? An all-but-perfectly-tight series of arguments meant to compel a certain conclusion, or a looser discussion of the topic in question with someone you like and admire? This does not mean Director's philosophizing is tame. He asks, 'If we feel fear, what do we seek?' Woman replies, 'I seek comfort. And you?' 'I seek to destroy the source of the fear.' This produces a laugh from Woman. As Director says in response, 'Laughter is better than fear.' But as we read on, we may wonder: Was he serious? What does it mean to destroy the source of the fear? And why does this question arise in a book about comfort? Woman declares that, 'People comfort themselves [...] by refusing to think.' Director and she question whether that is true comfort. This book is about that question |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 216 Seiten |
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Table of Contents Afraid 1 Laughter 3 Spirit, Excitement 5 Relaxed yet Alert 6 Conversations 8 Teasing 10 Belief И Searching 13 Fame 15 Conquering 16 Relaxation 18 20 Yourself Philosophy 22 Good 23 Ice 25 Laughter 2 27 Friends 29 Flirting 31 Justice 32 Monsters 34 Redemption 36 Will 37 ix
Comfort: A Philosophical Dialogue Satisfaction 39 Effort 41 Clean 43 Hygiene 45 Fragility 46 Heartbeats 48 Place 50 Sides 51 Heart 53 Surface 55 Grief 57 Conversations 2 58 Uncomfortable 60 Friends 2 62 Morality 64 Truth 66 ‘Truth’ 68 Irony 70 Opposites 71 Cowardly 73 Laziness 75 Struggle 77 Monstrous 79 Ambition 80 Unriddled 82 Ascetics 84 Punishment 86 Soul 88 Thought 90 Waiting 92 Life 94 Quiet 95 Amateur 97 X
Table of contents Acting 99 Lies 101 Terrible 103 A Touch 105 Falsehood 107 Respect 109 Contempt 111 Jinx 113 Knowledge 115 Use 117 Leadership 118 Your Own 120 Decisions 122 What Philosophy Says 124 False Belief 126 Success 128 Letting Go 130 Luck or Fate 132 Nothing 133 Life 135 Ideas 137 Bad 139 Belonging 141 Anti 143 Apologies 145 Dangerous 146 Good and Bad 148 Intent 150 Consequences 152 Monsters 2 154 Some 155 Limit 157 Wrong 159 xi
Comfort: A Philosophical Dialogue Advice 161 Unsaid 163 Suicide 165 Daylight 166 Pain 168 Comforting 170 Hate 172 Backstage 174 Biography 176 Flow 178 Yourself 2 179 Seeing 181 Crazy 183 Sanity 185 Cloistered 187 Circles 189 Lies 2 190 Judgment 192 Fair 194 Counting 196 Passion 198 Fruits 200 Knowing 202 Clouds 204 Shoes 205 Conscience 207 Praise 209 Necessity 211 Control 213 Water 215 xii |
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