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I really enjoy philosophy and think this is a cool project. I do think there's two camps of views here. The first being that ideas of past philosophers can be

I really enjoy philosophy and think this is a cool project. I do think there's two camps of views here. The first being that ideas of past philosophers can be relevant and useful in addressing contemporary issues. But on the other hand, these ideas were developed at a certain point in time with the respective cultural context. Stoicism tends to be a good choice and philosophers like Seneca were more practical in their philosophy than socratic. But ask it for straight-forward advice on a modern challenge and it will be more socratic.

fluxinflex 4y ago
> The first being that ideas of past philosophers can be relevant and useful in addressing contemporary issues. True that the context might have been different, however if these ideas remain applicable to the society as a whole, one begins to wonder why they have not been addressed? I am thinking here of Aristotle and his political views[1] whereby he points out that democracy is a degradation of a constitutional government. Why do we not apply those ideas to our current societies? Aren't their applicable? Was Aristotle wrong? Or what went wrong? [1]=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_(Aristotle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_(Aristotle)