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The one who is to be an orator does not need to know what is really just, but what would seem just to the multitudes who are to pass judgement, and not what is really good or noble, but what will seem to be so; for they say that persuasion comes from what seems to be true, not from the truth. — Plato's Dialogue (Phaedrus)

the foolishness of a misanthrope lies in the fact that he voices his distaste for man near him, which at bottom shows a disappointed lover of man, if i hate you, what is your bussiness in it, why i ought to let you be a witness of my hatred?

Why philosophy works and self-help books sometimes feel so similar? This is because both philosophical works and self-help have the intention of "teaching" one how to live a good life. The aim is similar but the values and definition of a good life are different: Philosophy generally tries to find virtues and values which can be generalized on almost all humans regardless of time and place. Self-help, on the other hand, has the values of the here-and-now. They are made only for our age. This also explains the difference in durability; a good philosophical works stands against the test of time because it relates to humans regardless of the age or place they live in, while a self-help book will usually only be relevant for a few years (decades at the most). A self-help book claims to teach you how to get what you desire: money, high social status, or the lover you want. It promises you a hold of whatever is fashionable today. Philosophy, on the other hand, first examines whether what you desire so strongly is actually worth the strife. It's a dose of wisdom and rationality; an antidote for the frenzy of the treding and fashionable. Philosophy challenges your assumptions, expectations, and desires, rather than simply complying to them as self-help does. A good rule-of-thumb: if a book complies to your presupposed views of the world and your desires, it's self-help. "Commit it to the fire" as Hume would say. If the books bashes your assumptions and expectations of the world with a hammer and tries to convinces you that not all desires are worth pursuing, and that you ought not to follow your heart blindly, then it's a philosophy book.Why philosophy works and self-help books sometimes feel so similar? This is because both philosophical works and self-help have the intention of "teaching" one how to live a good life. The aim is similar but the values and definition of a good life are different: Philosophy generally tries to find virtues and values which can be generalized on almost all humans regardless of time and place. Self-help, on the other hand, has the values of the here-and-now. They are made only for our age. This also explains the difference in durability; a good philosophical works stands against the test of time because it relates to humans regardless of the age or place they live in, while a self-help book will usually only be relevant for a few years (decades at the most). A self-help book claims to teach you how to get what you desire: money, high social status, or the lover you want. It promises you a hold of whatever is fashionable today. Philosophy, on the other hand, first examines whether what you desire so strongly is actually worth the strife. It's a dose of wisdom and rationality; an antidote for the frenzy of the treding and fashionable. Philosophy challenges your assumptions, expectations, and desires, rather than simply complying to them as self-help does. A good rule-of-thumb: if a book complies to your presupposed views of the world and your desires, it's self-help. "Commit it to the fire" as Hume would say. If the books bashes your assumptions and expectations of the world with a hammer and tries to convinces you that not all desires are worth pursuing, and that you ought not to follow your heart blindly, then it's a philosophy book.

Why philosophy works and self-help books sometimes feel so similar? This is because both philosophical works and self-help have the intention of "teaching" one how to live a good life. The aim is similar but the values and definition of a good life are different: Philosophy generally tries to find virtues and values which can be generalized on almost all humans regardless of time and place. Self-help, on the other hand, has the values of the here-and-now. They are made only for our age. This also explains the difference in durability; a good philosophical works stands against the test of time because it relates to humans regardless of the age or place they live in, while a self-help book will usually only be relevant for a few years (decades at the most). A self-help book claims to teach you how to get what you desire: money, high social status, or the lover you want. It promises you a hold of whatever is fashionable today. Philosophy, on the other hand, first examines whether what you desire so strongly is actually worth the strife. It's a dose of wisdom and rationality; an antidote for the frenzy of the treding and fashionable. Philosophy challenges your assumptions, expectations, and desires, rather than simply complying to them as self-help does. A good rule-of-thumb: if a book complies to your presupposed views of the world and your desires, it's self-help. "Commit it to the fire" as Hume would say. If the books bashes your assumptions and expectations of the world with a hammer and tries to convinces you that not all desires are worth pursuing, and that you ought not to follow your heart blindly, then it's a philosophy book.

There are two books named "consolations of philosophy", one is a philosophy book written in the 6th century by Boethius, a stoic philosopher. The other is a self-help book written by Alain de Botton, an author and public speaker. They both claim that philosophy can help you with your life, so what's the difference between them?

There are two books named "consolations of philosophy", one is a philosophy book written in the 6th century by Boethius, a stoic philosopher. The other is a self-help book written by Alain de Botton, an author and public speaker. They both claim that philosophy can help you with your life, so what's the difference between them?There are two books named "consolations of philosophy", one is a philosophy book written in the 6th century by Boethius, a stoic philosopher. The other is a self-help book written by Alain de Botton, an author and public speaker. They both claim that philosophy can help you with your life, so what's the difference between them?

There are two books named "consolations of philosophy", one is a philosophy book written in the 6th century by Boethius, a stoic philosopher. The other is a self-help book written by Alain de Botton, an author and public speaker. They both claim that philosophy can help you with your life, so what's the difference between them?

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”وقال بعض الشعراء لعمرو بن لجأ: أنا أقول في كلّ ساعة قصيدة، وأنت تقرضها في كل شهر. فلمَ ذلك؟ قال: لأني أقول البيت وأخاه، وأنت تقول البيت وابن عمه.”

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"It is disgraceful for a philosopher to say: the good and the beautiful are one; if he adds 'also the true', one ought to beat him. Truth is ugly. We possess art lest we perish of the truth. hitherto we have been permitted to seek beauty only in the morally good - a fact which sufficiently accounts for our having found so little of it and having had to seek about for imaginary beauties without backbone! - As surely as the wicked enjoy a hundred kinds of happiness of which the virtuous have no inkling, so too they possess a hundred kinds of beauty; and many of them have not yet been discovered." — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power.

"It is disgraceful for a philosopher to say: the good and the beautiful are one; if he adds 'also the true', one ought to beat him. Truth is ugly. We possess art lest we perish of the truth." — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power.

سَقَط المتاع: هو القَديمُ والرّخيصُ مِن مَتاعِ المرء، أَيْ أثاثُ منزِلِه

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