I would love to talk about a person I met only once, but would genuinely like to know more about. He was a philosophy graduate and I met him at a book fair a few months, um, ago. I was there with one of my friends who had a stunt where he was selling books from her own publishing house. While I was looking through some of books, I started talking to this man because he had translated one of the philosophy books published my book by my friend’s publishing house into Azerbaijani. We started with a fairly casual conversation, but it quickly became much more interesting than I expected. We talk about the philosophy, literature and the psychology, which are uh, subjects I have been interested in, uh, for quite a long time. At one point we started discussing Dostoevsky and Nietzsche and I was particularly interested in his perspective on their ideas. I remember thinking that he looked at these authors from a slightly different angle rather than simply thinking about their most well known ideas. Unfortunately, our conversation was quite short because there were other people around the stand and we both had other things to do. However, I found him very thoughtful and intellectually curious and I felt that there was much more we could have talked about via, uh, we had more time. The main reason I would like to meet him is again that I would, um, and I would want more about him that I would love to continue that conversation. I would especially like to hear his thoughts on existentialism, human nature and um, a connection between philosophy and psychology. I also think conversations with people who have completely different perspective can broaden your own way of thinking. Although I only met him once, I came away feeling quite intrigued by him. I wouldn’t say I know him personally at all, but I definitely felt that he was someone I could have a really meaningful conversation with him and that’s why I would genuinely, uh, like to meet him again.
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I would love to talk about a person I met only once, but would genuinely like to know more about. He was a philosophy graduate and I met him at a book fair a few months ago. I was there with one of my friends who had a stand where she was selling books from her own publishing house. While I was looking through some of the books, I started talking to this man because he had translated one of the philosophy books published by my friend's publishing house into Azerbaijani. We started with a fairly casual conversation, but it quickly became much more interesting than I expected. We talked about philosophy, literature, and psychology, which are subjects I have been interested in for quite a long time. At one point we started discussing Dostoevsky and Nietzsche and I was particularly interested in his perspective on their ideas. I remember thinking that he looked at these authors from a slightly different angle rather than simply thinking about their most well-known ideas. Unfortunately, our conversation was quite short because there were other people around the stand and we both had other things to do. However, I found him very thoughtful and intellectually curious and I felt that there was much more we could have talked about if we had more time. The main reason I would like to meet him again is that I would want to know more about him and I would love to continue that conversation. I would especially like to hear his thoughts on existentialism, human nature, and the connection between philosophy and psychology. I also think conversations with people who have completely different perspectives can broaden your own way of thinking. Although I only met him once, I came away feeling quite intrigued by him. I wouldn't say I know him personally at all, but I definitely felt that he was someone I could have a really meaningful conversation with, and that's why I would genuinely like to meet him again.
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