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9791199136601

If you don't understand philosophy, you can't discuss life.

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Author Kim Tae-hwan · Publisher Saebyeoknyeok · Published 2025-09-08 · ISBN 9791199136601 About the BookPhilosophy is no longer a distant discipline.It is the most realistic mirror to hold onto when life shakes,and the root that helps you rise again.〈You Cannot Discuss Life If You Do Not Know Philosophy〉 is not merely a philosophical commentary.This book offers readers the experience of...

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Author Kim Tae-hwan · Publisher Saebyeoknyeok · Published 2025-09-08 · ISBN 9791199136601

About the Book

Philosophy is no longer a distant discipline.
It is the most realistic mirror to hold onto when life shakes,
and the root that helps you rise again.

〈You Cannot Discuss Life If You Do Not Know Philosophy〉 is not merely a philosophical commentary.
This book offers readers the experience of transforming the language of philosophers into the language of their own lives.

The moment you close the book, you will no longer borrow someone else's philosophy.
Only your own philosophy will be complete, becoming a lamp to illuminate dark times.

A unique philosophy book recommended to all who question life.
If you want to discuss life, philosophize now.

Table of Contents

Prologue _ 006

Chapter 1: Philosophy for Understanding Myself: Self-Awareness and the Quest for Being
Socrates _010
René Descartes _018
Immanuel Kant _028
Jean-Paul Sartre _039
Søren Kierkegaard _048
Blaise Pascal _059
Zhuangzi _071
Martin Buber _082

Chapter 2: Philosophy for Living with Others: On Relationships, Love, and Responsibility
Aristotle _093
Arthur Schopenhauer _103
Jean-Jacques Rousseau _114
Baruch Spinoza _125
Erich Fromm _135
Confucius _146
Martin Heidegger _157

Chapter 3: Philosophy that Speaks of Life's Attitudes: Responses to Suffering, Fate, Freedom, and Death
Friedrich Nietzsche _166
Marcus Aurelius _177
Lucius Annaeus Seneca _187
Epictetus _196
Albert Camus _ 205
Michel de Montaigne _213

Chapter 4: Philosophy for Viewing the World: Thoughts on Politics, Society, Power, and Nature
Plato _225
John Locke _236
Laozi _247
Leo Tolstoy _257
Epicurus _268
Henri Bergson _279

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