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I finally finished this book! It was interesting, it is an intro to philosophy book, but it presents most of the topics and arguments in the form of dialogue between three students meeting for coffee. It also includes quotes and excerpts of writings by philosophers like David Hume and John Locke. It‘s not a short introduction, but it‘s quite thorough and an enjoyable read 😊 8.5/10

Virtue Ethics
“If you want to be a generous person, practice generosity. If you want to be an honest person, tell the truth. The seed you sow in practice is the character you reap - the character you develop.”
#lifeadvice #philosophy

I finished my final exams yesterday (only one year to go!), so I went to my university‘s library to pick up a philosophy book I started reading last summer. Of course, after I found that book I wandered through all the philosophy stacks and wound up leaving 20 minutes later with 10 books 🙄 I‘ll have to read fast because I start work and summer classes in a week!
#lovelibraries #bookhaul

“Isn‘t that just like a man? You think you know them, they go off and do something absolutely crazy - like believe in free will.”

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“And while the body is confined to one planet, along which it creeps with pain and difficulty, the thought can in an instant transport us into the most distant regions of the universe, or even beyond the universe into the unbounded chaos where nature is supposed to lie in total confusion.”
- ‘An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding‘, David Hume