I find recent western philosophy to be so abstract and academic, that it usually does not have alot of directly applicable principles. For example Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, and more recenly John Rawls, I don't find people finding these works helpfull in everyday life. I'm somewhat disillusioned with more recent western philosophy.
I guess my question is, do others find themselves in the same situation, and if not what works have you read that you find to be very down to earth, that people in everyday life could use.
That ancient image of the philosopher shut in, in his ivory tower, I once hated that image, I still do, yet I'm finding it to be more and more true.
2007-09-01
07:05:17
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Marco4
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