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9 Reasons Why You Don’t Know What You Want — and How to Know What You Want
9 Reasons Why You Don’t Know What You Want — and How to Know What Y...
Feeling confused, and without direction in life? Here is why
Aline Müller
Apr 19
Why Plato Hated Democracy
Why Plato Hated Democracy
The Republic’s clues about modern leaders and their popularity
Arc Ninian
Jun 12, 2020
How To Think Better: Three Lessons From the Liberal Arts
How To Think Better: Three Lessons From the Liberal Arts
Yes, It liberates us
Nino Padilla
May 6
4 Concepts that Christians and Buddhist Can Agree On
4 Concepts that Christians and Buddhist Can Agree On
Quotes Showing the Similarities Between the Buddha and Jesus
Brenden Weber
Apr 2
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…
Ronin Winter
Feb 12, 2019
Shootout at the OK Corral — An American Ecstasy
Shootout at the OK Corral — An American Ecstasy
Alan Tabor
May 25
Spiral Out: Practical Wisdom in Tool’s Lateralus
Spiral Out: Practical Wisdom in Tool’s Lateralus
Exploring the simple, stoic messages that permeate Tool’s complex, progressive, Fibonacci-inspired opus
James Ryan Leonard
Dec 31, 2018
Open Your Mind, Change Your Reality
Open Your Mind, Change Your Reality
The art of choosing the life we want to live
Aline Müller
Sep 3, 2020
What is Consciousness?
What is Consciousness?
And the Important Understandings Often Missed by Science
Brenden Weber
Feb 20, 2020
Anxiety and the Condemnation of Foolish Societies
Anxiety and the Condemnation of Foolish Societies
The trumping of psychiatry by philosophy and religion
Benjamin Cain
May 12
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.
Mitchell Diamond
Feb 11
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Origins of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Origins of Inequality
A brief analysis of “Discourse on Inequality”
Jakub Ferencik
May 2
Nietzsche and the Creativity of Losers
Nietzsche and the Creativity of Losers
A critique of Nietzsche’s case against Christian values
Benjamin Cain
Jan 27
Everything Changes
Everything Changes
Let go, then, or be dragged.
John Driggs
Jan 12, 2020
Iridescent Unification
Iridescent Unification
Everything is within everything, except for our appreciation of this idea
Michael Woronko
Apr 14
Are Religious People Healthier Than Non-Religious People?
Are Religious People Healthier Than Non-Religious People?
Is non-religiosity a health liability? Not so fast.
Mitchell Diamond
Jun 23
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
Gem Jackson
Jan 28
The Question That Would Change Your Life if Only You Could Answer It
The Question That Would Change Your Life if Only You Could Answer It
Your mind will run a mile, but answering it is how we make the pain go away.
Alexander M. Combstrong
Mar 4
Know Yourself by Knowing Your Shadow
Know Yourself by Knowing Your Shadow
Understanding Carl Jung’s Concept of The Shadow
Brenden Weber
Jul 25, 2020
Who Created God?
Who Created God?
Those with a belief in God as a creator put forward the claim that God can exist without a cause, let’s see if it holds up.
Brenden Weber
Sep 23, 2019
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