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BrattyBookworm t1_it772kv wrote

Reply to comment by PrimePhilosophy in The real practical value of philosophy comes not through focusing on the ‘ideal’ life, but through helping us deal with life’s inevitable suffering: MIT professor Kieran Setiya on how philosophy can help us navigate loneliness, grief, failure, injustice, & the absurd. by philosophybreak

I interpreted that to mean “philosophy is most valuable when applied to practical life instead of merely theoreticals.”

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Apophthegmata t1_itak4o9 wrote

That's still fairly trivial.

Life isn't theoretical. It's just about the least theoretical, abstract, disinterested thing a person could possibly be involved with.

I think it follows pretty simply that a philosophy that isn't about living isn't going to be useful in informing us how to live.

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