Travel is one such distraction. We have all had the experience of looking forward to a holiday, of looking at photographs on a hotel’s website in order to choose a destination and imagining ourselves there, swimming in that sea or lying on that beach. The prospect is idyllic, and often making that trip will be a means of dealing with stress or discontent. The reality of the holiday, though, is often very different from its prospect and, by comparison, disappointing to one degree or another. Socrates, the first philosopher to turn knowledge into a tool for questioning our lives and finding ways
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