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Becoming someone is a learning process; and what we learn is the new values around which, if we succeed, our lives will come to turn. Agents transform themselves in the process of, for example, becoming parents, embarking on careers, or acquiring a passion for music or politics. How can such activity be rational, if the reason for engaging in the relevant pursuit is only available to the person on
Casi 2500 años después, la figura de Sócrates sigue suscitando interpretaciones encontradas. Considerado el padre de la filosofía occidental, se le recuerda por su humildad intelectual, su disposición al diálogo y su trágico final. Sin embargo, el carácter verdaderamente radical de su pensamiento ha sido, en muchos casos, domesticado o malinterpretado.En Sócrates al descubierto, Agnes
"Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer."In The Case Against Travel the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel