This is a transcript of a TV program where a host interviews a philosopher named Clovis about various topics such as ethics, identity, happiness, life and death. The philosopher shares his views and experiences on these matters, sometimes using examples from other thinkers or his own family. The program ends with a poem by the philosopher about what a butcher thinks as he cuts the meat.
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1. The text is a transcript of a TV program called Provocations, hosted by Antônio Abujamra, who interviews Clóvis de Barros Filho, a philosopher and professor of ethics.
2. Clóvis de Barros Filho defines philosophy as a practice that presents the questions of humanity, but does not have the pretension to explain them.
3. He also discusses the concepts of ethics, identity, happiness, revolution, and life from his perspective and with examples from his personal and professional experience.
4. He quotes several philosophers and thinkers, such as Cicero, Maranhão, Lucretius, Hobbes, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Bergson, Freud, Luis Seis Cots, and Chekhov.
5. He expresses his satisfaction with his life as a professor and his joy in having the conversation with the host.
6. He ends the interview with a poetic question about what the butcher thinks as he cuts the meat.