“I think philosophy is extremely good training for anyone who wants to do anything. Although that is an idea which people may speak scornfully of now, I think it does teach one to” PeopleThinkingWantMayDoeIdeasPhilosophySpeakTeachTraining Author:Iris Murdoch
“One of the characteristics of the university is that it is made up of professors who train professors, or professionals training professionals. Education was this no longer directed toward people who were to be educated with a view to become fully developed human beings, but to specialists, in other that they might learn how to train other specialists. This is the danger of "Scholasticism," that philosophical tendency which began to be sketched at the end of antiquity, developed in the Middle Ages, and whose presence is still recognizable in philosophy today.” PeopleHumansMadeStillsEndsPhilosophyMightAgeTodayHuman BeingsViewsMiddleDangerTrainingPhilosophicalTrainUniversityTendenciesEducatedCharacteristicsProfessorsMiddle AgesAntiquitySpecialistsScholasticism Author:Pierre Hadot
“In conformity with the philosophy of Christ, let us make of our life a training for death.” PhilosophyChristOur LivesTrainingConformity Author:Maximus the Confessor
“I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.” HumansMadePhilosophyAgeYoungSportsFieldsBrokenTrainingToughAthleteSovietInjuredRoommateYoung Athletes Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“It was while teaching philosophy that I saw how easily one can say ... what one wants to say. ... In fact, I became particularly aware if the dangers of speculation ... It's so much easier than digging out the facts. You sit in your office and build a system. But with my training in biology, I felt this kind of undertaking precarious.” IfsWantKindPhilosophyFactsFeltSawsTeachingDangerEasierOfficeTrainingBiologySpeculationDiggingUndertakingsPrecarious Author:Jean Piaget
“NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same as a shuttle toilet and they put a camera down in the bottom of the opening for solid-waste collection, with a light that basically illuminates your asshole.” LooksPhilosophyLightEarthWasteTrainingCamerasSurpriseBottomOpeningCollectionsToiletsNasaSolid Waste Author:Mike Mullane