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How can I fill this void in my life?

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20040407
Author:Anna Smyth

For Aristotle, philosophy was "science that considers the truth". For 19th century American horror writer Ambrose Bierce it was "a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing". But whatever the opinions of the ancient Greek and the Victorian man of letters, it seems that for increasing numbers of people today, philosophy is, quite simply, the answer.

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