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Nietzsche and the Creativity of Losers

Nietzsche and the Creativity of Losers

A critique of Nietzsche’s case against Christian values
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Benjamin Cain
Religion’s Primary Function Is to Blunt the Double-Edge Sword of the Conscious Mind

Religion’s Primary Function Is to Blunt the Double-Edge Sword of t...

Religious ritual mitigates the downsides of human consciousness.
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Mitchell Diamond
Surrendering to Discomfort

Surrendering to Discomfort

Bondage bodywork therapy as a spiritual practice
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Aline Müller
Help Children Think About Philosophy With These 5 Tools

Help Children Think About Philosophy With These 5 Tools

Tried and tested ways to engage young thinkers with serious ideas
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Gem Jackson
Science Considered as Truth — Climate Change as an Example

Science Considered as Truth — Climate Change as an Example

We rely daily on science and its models to guide everything from what we eat, to the medicines we take, to the construction of the…
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Alan Tabor
Know Yourself by Knowing Your Shadow

Know Yourself by Knowing Your Shadow

Understanding Carl Jung’s Concept of The Shadow
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Brenden Weber
How Deep Have You Gone In Your Own Mind?

How Deep Have You Gone In Your Own Mind?

A few reasons we need to venture into the depths of our consciousnesses a little more often
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Michael Woronko
6 Stoic Quotes That Got Me Through the Year

6 Stoic Quotes That Got Me Through the Year

We all needed to be a little stoic this year
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Owen Lloyd
Winning without Fighting — Learning from the Samurai “No-Sword School” and Zen Meditation

Winning without Fighting — Learning from the Samurai “No-Sword Scho...

We should stop fighting with ourselves — we should accept ourselves as we are.
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Eiji Suhara PhD
The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

The Very First Sermon of The Buddha
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Abel Chan
Absurdity of Existence

Absurdity of Existence

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to…
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Ronin Winter
Is Philosophy a Con?

Is Philosophy a Con?

And is Western philosophy unpopular because it’s depressing?
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Benjamin Cain
Why the Problem of Consciousness Is so Hard

Why the Problem of Consciousness Is so Hard

I just read a great article in The Guardian about the struggle of scientists and philosophers to understand consciousness (link at the…
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Duncan Riach
What is the Purpose of Life? — You Already Know the Answer

What is the Purpose of Life? — You Already Know the Answer

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you…
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Lawrence Ozeh
Under the Sun

Under the Sun

We exist in a beautiful chaos that we needn’t define nor try to articulate
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Michael Woronko
Into the Dark

Into the Dark

The darkness is an intrinsic part of our world; to suppress it is to contextualize reality under only one half of what it has to offer.
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Michael Woronko
What is Consciousness?

What is Consciousness?

And the Important Understandings Often Missed by Science
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Brenden Weber
Dismantling Astrology and Pseudoscience Arguments

Dismantling Astrology and Pseudoscience Arguments

Knowledge is power. Pseudoscience isn’t.
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Ryan Reudell
What Are You?

What Are You?

The Theseus Paradox explained.
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Sappho Fortis
A (Brief) History of Western Philosophy

A (Brief) History of Western Philosophy

We often hear about various famous philosophers in history, their ideas, their lifestyle, and their influence. However, sometimes we need…
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Brenden Weber
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