Moi?
- Ishkah
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Moi?
Philosophy interests me because I think learning about hard questions gives us the freedom to think differently and pay closer attention to our reasoning that lead us to the place we're in.
I'm 27, grew up in North Wales, UK, with a Liverpudlian family. Have lived all over and work as a data archivist. Other interests include cycle touring, stand-up comedy, movies, tree house building, playing cards & ping-pong aha.
- Ishkah
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Re: Moi?
Haha that's cool someone in your family moved from the city out to North Wales that far back, it's usually the other way round. One of my grandads moved to Liverpool from Dublin, then it was only my parents who moved us out to Wales when I was around 5 years old and most of the extended family are still around Liverpool.
- Angel Trismegistus
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- Sculptor1
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Re: Moi?
And what, pray tell, would the wrong setting, the wrong roots and the wrong age look like?Angel Trismegistus wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2020, 12:33 pmThe right age, the right setting, and the right roots for some creative philosophy. Welcome to the Board!
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Hard to say. Before I could answer your question I'd have to know a little bit more about you, I suppose.Sculptor1 wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2020, 1:39 pmAnd what, pray tell, would the wrong setting, the wrong roots and the wrong age look like?Angel Trismegistus wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2020, 12:33 pm
The right age, the right setting, and the right roots for some creative philosophy. Welcome to the Board!
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Re: Moi?
Seriously?
I think you need more than location to do philosophy.
I lived in Lampeter for many a year. Being there did not more for my philosophy than living anywhere else.
I'd say staying in the same place, for a long time is actively injurious to your thinking and narrows your POV.
Travel, and spending living time in other places widens your mind.
I've lived in Wales, England, and the US, and spent time in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and many European locations.
It all feeds the mind, as long as you do not take too much of your old location with you.
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