The Erasmus Intstitute for Philosophical Practice aims at thinking in context and at the philosophical life.
Its has two main activities: research and training. Research is conducted into the competences of philosophical practice/practitioners. First results will be published in the International Journal on Philosophical Practice soon. A training course is offered, consisting of five modules covering most aspects of philosophical practice. Students can apply by this website. The course will be combined with a study of an ethical subject at one of the Dutch universities

Philosophical life means:

Socratic attitude - practice the “not knowing” -

Love Essence

Live intensively – against superficial culture - Socrates

Radical thinking – against popular meaning - (Augustine)

Cultivate the longing (Schopenhauer)

Stand on the other side of morality (nietzsche)

Being-different (Heidegger)

Making choices (Sartrre)

• Philosophical Practice 

  - unity of thinking and action -

  Just like Boeddha, Plato, Christ, Descartes, Cassanova, de Sade, Joseph Beuys, Nelson Mandela, Gerd Achenbach, OscarBrenifier, Mohammed Atta, the man living in the blue box, and many others....

   

  Live Philosophical? You?

  Yes, we can………………….…………………………..

  Visit the philosophical practice of Rotterdam…. 

           “An encounter”

   

  Peter Harteloh - being a philosopher

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