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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  2. 2.
    Empty a word of its meaning

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

  5. 5.
    See the stars as being below you

  6. 6.
  7. 7.
    Lose something and not know what

  8. 8.
    Feel eternal

  9. 9.
    Telephone at random

  10. 10.
  11. 11.
    Drink while urinating

  12. 12.
    Make a wall between your hands

  13. 13.
    Walk in the dark

  14. 14.
  15. 15.
    Peel an apple in your head

  16. 16.
    Imagine yourself high up

  17. 17.
    Imagine your imminent death

  18. 18.
    Try to measure existence

  19. 19.
    Count to a thousand

  20. 20.
    Dread the arrival of the bus

  21. 21.
    play the fool

  22. 22.
    Watch a woman at her window

  23. 23.
    Invent lives for yourself

  24. 24.
    Look at people from a moving car

  25. 25.
    Follow the movement of ants

  26. 26.
    Eat a nameless substance

  27. 27.
    Watch dust in the sun

  28. 28.
    Resist tiredness

  29. 29.
    Overeat

  30. 30.
    Play the animal

  31. 31.
    Contemplate a dead bird

  32. 32.
    Come across a childhood toy

  33. 33.
    Wait while doing nothing

  34. 34.
    Try not to think

  35. 35.
    go to the hairdressers

  36. 36.
    Shower with your eyes closed

  37. 37.
    Sleep on your front in the sun

  38. 38.
    Go to the circus

  39. 39.
    Try on clothes

  40. 40.
    Calligraphize

  41. 41.
    Light a fire in the hearth

  42. 42.
    Be aware of yourself speaking

  43. 43.
    Run in a graveyard

  44. 44.
    Weep at the cinema

  46. 46.
    Browse at the bookseller's

  47. 47.
    Become music

  48. 48.
    Pull out a hair

  49. 49.
    Walk in an imaginary forest

  50. 50.
    Demonstrate on your own

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pax058

Ahh. — 4 years 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.

May 22, 03:37PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

zain123128

Untitled — 4 years ago

why are there only 99? =/

Mar 20, 10:17PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

dorkdork

Untitled — 6 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.

Oct 21, 01:46AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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