... alone are responsible for detaching philosophy from the real world. A case in point is the prevalent acceptance of Plato's dichotomy between mind/soul and body. This distinction has been presented in many forms : real vs ideal; spirit vs flesh; earthly vs ethereal; temporal vs eternal; imperfect vs perfect. If the layman were looking for support that philosophy has nothing to do with life in the real ... world, he could find no finer advocate than Plato, who in the Phaedo speaks through Socrates and suggests that to do philosophy ... be able to philosophise. The reason why I am so cond...

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