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Freeing Yourself from Self-Consciousness
We can change the way we perceive ourselves by a simple switch in our first-person perspective, argues author Brentyn J....
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” – Bertrand Russell,...
“It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t….”
“It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t. More...
“Although the culture industry undeniably speculates on the conscious and unconscious state of the…”
“Although the culture industry undeniably speculates on the conscious and unconscious state of the millions towards which it is directed,...
“What a poet writes with inspiration and the breath of the gods is very fine.”
“What a poet writes with inspiration and the breath of the gods is very fine.” – Democritus, Fragments, B18 Originally...
Doing a PhD in philosophy of education?
In our newest “how can we help you?” thread, a reader asks: I’m interested in doing a PhD in philosophy...
President James Monroe and Republican Virtue
Whatever his failings as an imaginative thinker, President James Monroe’s own convictions were rooted deeply in the spirit and the...
“In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt…”
“In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought...