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Today, philosophy in the streets and the cafes and the podcasts.

The famously incomprehensible discipline of philosophy is all over popular culture.

The Army's teaching philosophy.

Professional sports teams are hiring philosophers. In this hour, why a bunch of dead

white guys still matter. The Stoics were a group of philosophers in Athens, and they were kind of

open-source philosophy. They taught just in the streets. And what I love about their philosophy

is how incredibly practical and accessible it is.

You read philosophy because you're interested in the truth.

Even when they get it wrong, they help eliminate false paths.

For Plato, the philosophical life, the life of reason, the examine life,

that's the only life that matters.

Modern day philosophers find inspiration in some unusual places.

When Mark Rowlands was a young professor, he adopted a wolf.

It became his constant companion, even a teacher of sorts,

and the subject of his book, The Philosopher and the Wolf.

Now, Rowlands has come out with a sequel, Running with the Pack,

which offers philosophical lessons gleaned from a lifetime of running.

Steve Paulson recently caught up with him.

Mark, you write about the heartbeat of the run.

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