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| 13/12/2024, 17:34 (há 12 dias)
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Hey Big Thinkers,
It’s Jonny here. I’m taking over the newsletter this week because I’ve got something I’m excited to share: I’ve made a video with Big Think. It’s about the history of philosophy and religion. It looks at Daoism, Aristotle, Confucius, and Ibn Sina. But really, it’s about happiness.
Seven years ago, I set up my Mini Philosophy network. My idea was to explain major philosophical ideas in a way that was accessible and entertaining, showing how these ideas could help the everyday lives of everyday people. Each week, I would pick a few theories from 3,000 years of philosophy, across every major tradition, and show people how those theories could work for them. For a few years, the project went as expected. I explored one theory, had some interesting discussions, and then moved on to the next. Mini Philosophy was a collage — an intellectual roulette where ideas spun around without any obvious plan. Then, something strange began to happen.
You see, when you dip in and out of all the traditions and ideas in the world, you start to see patterns. If you imagine the history of philosophy as some sprawling heatmap, well, you start to see lights popping up everywhere. Little twinkling minds across time. After a while, certain ideas start to swell and grow bright. Across different eras, languages, and traditions, recurring themes emerge. My Big Think interview is about how the collective wisdom of history’s sages can help us live better and happier lives.
I hope you enjoy it.
Lightward,
Jonny | |
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| There is a Daoist metaphor I like, and to which I keep coming back.
It asks us to imagine life as a vast, dense, thorny wood through which we have to walk. There’s swampy ground, quicksand, and bracken to navigate, not to mention the howling, toothy things you never actually see. Now, down the middle of these woods is a wide, well-paved road. It’s a shining, marble road with snack huts along the way. To walk along this way — The Way — is when life is happiest. We can chat with each other. We get to laugh.
But, occasionally, we will all stumble off the path. We will look up to find ourselves still walking through the same woods but realizing we have thorn-scratched arms and bog-wet socks. This video is about finding the path again.
The central argument of my video is that the broader mosaic of the history of philosophy reveals three common themes in how to live a good life. These are the three lights on our philosophical heatmap. I choose the analogy of “three lights” not only for their illumination but also for their symbolic power as beacons. Lights guide wayward ships home. They give warmth to the cottage in a snowy wood. And so, here in this video, I explain what those lights are. | | WATCH NOW | |
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