POPc Participant Semi:
Before Today I had a distorted perspective on people who called themselves philosophers. I always assumed that they were slightly pretentious people trying to figure out the purpose of life and death; or other very vague topics. It was interesting to learn for the first time, that it most definitely is not. Kate, the philosopher who I spoke to, showed me that philosophy can come from anything, even languages.
We talked about a certain phrase in Korean that caught her attention. It’s a phrase that is similar to ‘I love you’ but its meaning is something different. It means a collection of things from, loving endlessly, and respect, and even a sense of possession. There is no equal phrase in any other language. At least from what I know, not English or Spanish.
I enjoyed our conversation very much. It’s nice to know that philosophy is not as overblown as I thought.