Western Philosophy

How useful is it for enlightenment?

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I’d like to talk a bit about “western philosophy”. By that I mean, the tradition of thought that passes through Socrates. Socrates is an interesting figure, because the essence of his message can be seen as very Zen-like. It is a kind of “not-this” and “not-that” pointing to ignorance.