"Cultures, religions, ideologies, nationalities, particular interests: they all divide us. Let us find a common ground. This is life itself."In this collection of essays, the author develops a new philosophy of life, which he claims actually has a long tradition. It goes back to some ancient Western thinkers, such as the Milesians, Heraclitus, Empedocles and Plato, for whom philosophy presupposes an affective engagement with the world and not merely its ...