Feb 22

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Renegade Philosophers, and the Art of Changing Your Mind

Two philosophers from the ancient world who changed their minds: Timocrates the (former) Epicurean, and Dionysius the (former) Stoic.

*Fish, by Paul Klee, 1925. Public domain via* *Wikimedia Commons*.

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Renegade Philosophers, and the Art of Changing Your Mind

Two philosophers from the ancient world who changed their minds: Timocrates the (former) Epicurean, and Dionysius the (former) Stoic.

Does philosophy change our minds?

More from Will Buckingham

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