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Philosophy and religion are trying to save us from death and the anxiety that comes with death. But it is here that philosophy and religion part company. Religion seeks salvation from a supreme being, outside of ourselves, while philosophy seeks salvation from our own resources, from the self. In other words, if religions can be defined as ‘doctrines of salvation’, the great philosophies can also be defined as doctrines of salvation - but without the help of a God . Philosophy wants us to get ourselves out of trouble by utilizing our own resources, by means of reason alone, with boldness and assurance. And this of course is what Montaigne meant when, characterizing the wisdom of the ancient Greeks, he assured us that ‘to philosophise is to learn how to die’. Like

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