My friend LL has recounted being satisfied while serving people, especially the elderly, in church, and I connect this to Rousseau’s Emile and his idea that natural sentiments lead us towards the good. I explore how this might be related to the senses. How much satisfaction would you feel helping others you never interact with?

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From my reading of Rousseau’s Emile, I talk about the simplistic ideas influenced by Rousseau. Then I go into Rousseau’s evidence of nature’s, including human nature’s, essential goodness.

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Was there ever a time when you felt satisfied and glad to have lived? Rousseau says that you would have felt that way when you did good, and my friend LL and I talk about our experiences with this as well as the philosopher’s idea of a scientific man’s God, suffering and self-knowledge, and practices, such as mindfulness meditation, to reduce suffering and build wisdom. What has caused you suffering? How are you your best friend and your worst enemy?

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We discuss some possible seeds of solutions that we see.

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Older Cities Were Built for Community

1. modern forces that isolate people.

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How often do we use words like “community” and “tradition,” although we are always “reinventing” and “rediscovering,” etc. these things?

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In their needs, work, and entertainment now, people don’t need and aren’t interacting with other people. What might be a solution to that?

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Don't romanticize premodern life too much! (Drawing on Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday.

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