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The lives of philosophers would be dull reading if they were as
tidy as their thoughts often tend to be. Alastair Hannay describes
how he 'slid' into philosophy but found it a useful means of
transport for a life framed here in metaphors of the sea, an unruly
element that has played some part in a not always tidy life.
Although the philosophy option attracts some because it suits their
talents, the less talented may look to it for guidance in making
sense of their lives. Hannay's own 'episodic' interest led him by
chance to a life-time of active engagement with philosophers of all
kinds. An encounter with the works of Soren Kierkegaard opened the
way to a personal take on a profession that easily ends in
abstractions but which, when its questions are brought down to
earth, sees market-place and academic philosophy from a perspective
that allows the one to enrich the other.
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