My partner and I both love reading philosophy but we keep getting into these circular arguments about what texts mean, and I'm starting to realize we might be using intellectual debate to avoid actually examining ourselves the way these books are asking us to. We're performing being deep thinkers instead of doing the work.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are weaponizing philosophical discourse to maintain ego defenses rather than allowing ideas to transform them.
“Where Are You with The examined intellectual life?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.