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Philosophy and Death: Philosophy as Divertissement (Continuing to learn from the Phaedo and Pascal)

If we cannot attain the knowledge we seek and do not much want the knowledge we have, what are we doing seeking it? An exploration—via the Phaedo, Pascal's Pensées and other texts—of philosophy as a response to mortality.

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