Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.’ Seneca (c. 4 BCE to 65 AD)” — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Individuals? Or members of society? That's what the right to die is about. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“the meaning of life is not some kind of answer, which, once learned, is forever possessed. For life to stay meaningful it… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will. Take your choice of lunch today. You can't… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Traditional arguments for the existence of God and contemporary attempts to use fine-tuning and cosmology to back up the case for his… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If there is an art of living, it is not something that can be taught timelessly. We have lessons to learn from… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Most people believe, more or less, that the value of a human life is the same, irrespective of where on the planet… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It is often said that having gone through any kind of suffering tends to makes you appreciate life more and live more… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I never thought I was cut out for a life of crime. I even felt guilty when I accidentally stole a Subbuteo… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
For most people their ideal life involves an intimate relationship with another person; one which often has a sexual basis. But there's… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this because I've… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
We do wrong willfully when we fail to think hard about whether what we're doing is right. — Julian Baggini Copy Share
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
I'm not one of these people who is sour about academia. I'm very lucky not to be in academia, but I am an absolute… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
“Working out whether or not the claims you make in your premises are true, while important, is simply not enough to ensure that you… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition to succeed.… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.” — Julian Baggini Copy Share
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
“You know what a word means when you know how to use it, not what its definition is. That is why we can understand… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than it is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
“the meaning of life is not some kind of answer, which, once learned, is forever possessed. For life to stay meaningful it must continue… — Julian Baggini Copy Share
