Roger-Pol Droit's 101 Philosophy Experiments of Everyday Life

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From the book, "Astonish Yourself! 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life". Obviously, each should be performed with contemplation.

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  1. 2.
    Empty a word of its meaning

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  2. 3.
    Look in vain for what "I" means

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  3. 5.
    See the stars as being below you

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  4. 6.

  5. 7.
    Lose something and not know what

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  6. 8.

  7. 9.
    Hurt yourself briefly

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  8. 10.
    Feel eternal

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  9. 11.
    Telephone at random

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  10. 12.

  11. 13.
    Drink while urinating

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  12. 14.
    Make a wall between your hands

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  13. 15.
    Walk in the dark

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  15. 17.
    Peel an apple in your head

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  16. 18.
    Visualize a pile of human organs

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  17. 19.
    Imagine yourself high up

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  18. 20.
    Imagine your imminent death

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  19. 21.
    Try to measure existence

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  20. 22.
    Count to a thousand

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  21. 23.
    Dread the arrival of the bus

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  22. 24.
    play the fool

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  23. 25.
    Watch a woman at her window

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  24. 26.
    Invent lives for yourself

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  25. 27.
    Look at people from a moving car

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  26. 28.
    Follow the movement of ants

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  27. 29.
    Eat a nameless substance

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  28. 30.
    Watch dust in the sun

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  29. 31.
    Resist tiredness

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  30. 32.
    Overeat

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  31. 33.
    Play the animal

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  32. 34.
    Contemplate a dead bird

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  33. 35.
    Come across a childhood toy

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  34. 36.
    Wait while doing nothing

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  35. 37.
    Try not to think

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  36. 38.
    go to the hairdressers

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  37. 39.
    Shower with your eyes closed

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  38. 40.
    Sleep on your front in the sun

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  39. 41.
    Go to the circus

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  40. 42.
    Try on clothes

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  41. 43.
    Calligraphize

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  42. 44.
    Light a fire in the hearth

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  43. 45.
    Be aware of yourself speaking

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  44. 46.
    Run in a graveyard

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  45. 47.
    Weep at the cinema

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  46. 49.
    Browse at the bookseller's

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  47. 50.
    Become music

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Comments

Ahh. — 26 weeks ago

I made an account just to add some, I know they’re not in the book but they go with the list.

100. Write backwards (in cursive).
101. Put your pennies heads up on the ground.
102. Walk barefoot.


zain123128
Mansfield

Untitled — 35 weeks ago

why are there only 99? =/


Untitled — 3 years ago

I bought that book just yesterday, and I plan to do one experiment a day, except for those that take an indefinite amount of time.