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Do you think philosophy has any spiritual persuasiveness to turn young people away from say, joining a radical cult group, or attempting suicide? I've always thought of philosophy as spiritual but I've been reading some of the posts on this site and it seems rather mathematical instead.
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September 9, 2006

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Richard Heck
September 21, 2006 (changed September 21, 2006) Permalink

Philosophy is a very diverse discipline. It's practiced in lots of ways, and with a focus on lots of different issues. Some philosophy is intensely mathematical; some has a strong focus on science; some is more humanistic; some is, perhaps, even spiritual. But I don't know that anyone would suppose philosophy had any sort of "spiritual persuasiveness" special to it.

See question 1350 for additional remarks.

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