Philosophy: The Love of Wisdom | A Guide to Life

Philosophy is a mode of life, an act of living, and a way of being. Modern philosophy has forgotten this tradition, and philosophical discourse has all but overtaken philosophy as a way of life. Philosophy is not just an intellectual discipline, which can get abstract and divorced from the real world, but is most importantly a way of life that teaches us how to best live our lives. Philosophy is a mode of existing in the world, which has to be practiced at each instant, and the goal of which is to transform the whole of the individual’s life. Real wisdom does not merely cause us to know: it makes us “be” in a different way. Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists. 👑 Become a Patron Access exclusive material and deeper studies https://www.patreon.com/eternalised ⭐ Or become a YouTube Member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqos1tl0RntucGGtPXNxkkA/join — Support the work ☕ Buy a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/eternalised 💸 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/eternalisedofficial 👕 Official Merch: https://eternalised.creator-spring.com — For deeper study 📜 Full transcript: https://eternalisedofficial.com/2023/01/14/philosophy-a-guide-to-life/ 📚 Personal library: https://eternalisedofficial.com/library 💡 eBooks: https://ko-fi.com/eternalised/shop 🎨 Artwork archive: https://eternalisedofficial.com/patron-benefits Stay connected 📨 Newsletter: https://eternalisedofficial.com/subscribe ✍️ Substack: https://substack.com/@eternalised — Elsewhere 🐦 X: https://x.com/eternalised1 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eternalised_official 🎧 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/eternalised 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eternalised ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Recommended Reading ▶ Philosophy as a Way of Life - Hadot https://amzn.to/3iC1aUR ▶ What is Ancient Philosophy? - Hadot https://amzn.to/3CN3DTf ▶ The Republic - Plato https://amzn.to/3ixkqmw ▶ Outlines of Pyrrhonism - Sextus Empiricus https://amzn.to/3k7zHdU ▶ Meditations - Marcus Aurelius https://amzn.to/3kgcmXA ▶ Letters from a Stoic - Seneca https://amzn.to/3kg2MnM ▶ Enchiridion - Epictetus https://amzn.to/3H737lm ▶ A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine https://amzn.to/3ZzqSKi ▶ The Art of Happiness - Epicurus https://amzn.to/3WcO5in ▶ The Enneads - Plotinus https://amzn.to/3ki3YHd 🎧 Prefer Audiobooks? Get a 30-day Audible Plus FREE trial: ▶ https://amzn.to/332zPzN