Showing posts with label the meaning of death in philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the meaning of death in philosophy. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY AS A LIFESTYLE ATTITUDE

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). (Notice the index of the left hand pointing up)

Some of us seem to bravely ignore and constantly deny the fact that, philosophy of course IS a lifestyle attitude. On the contrary, most scholars  mistakingly focus on the scientific part, which is only just a small part of any philosophical system.If philosophy is not a life attitude then how can one explain the life of Diogenes or the death of Socrates?