This is the first of a series of a Deep Dive into Passion. What is it, is it what makes … More
Author: Dave
What is [The University of Queensland] on about?
This is a current promotional campaign for the Uni of Queensland: So in other words, what they’re saying is: or: … More
What about a life without goals? What if your goal was to have none? & The Philosophy of: Albert Camus (on goals)
I have no ambition. Okay, so yeah, it’d be great to wake up tomorrow, and life is the most important … More
The Philosophy of: Fyodor Dostoyevsky ‘The Idiot’ – Are you able to see things clearly before your death sentence?
We all have a death sentence, we’re all dying. But that isn’t a reason to despair or be bummed out, … More
Is the past just as real as the unknown future? – On Now.
If you don’t remember the 13.7 billion years that went by before you existed, then the trillions and trillions and … More
Selfishness? What is selfishness? And what’s it got to with having kids? – [New] Life
The term ‘selfish’ is most, if not all the time, used in a pejorative way. It’s rare for someone to … More
Okay, so maybe we live and then we die, and there’s nothing we can do about it, but it’s all the more reason to enjoy it – The (Optimistically Nihilistic) Philosophy of: Albert Camus [pt.3]
What do you think is the point of life and the universe? There’s a range of Existential approaches to the … More
What was [Juliet] on about? – The insignificance of name, country of origin, nationality, ethnicity, religion, skin colour or family
There are (at least) 3 things that you’re born with that you are part of who you are now, that … More
What was [Hamlet] on about? – On the ‘undiscovered country’ of death, ‘from which no traveller returns’
To be or not to be, that is the question… So what was Shakespeare’s Hamlet on about here? We know … More
The Stoicism of: The Onion – On Trials, challenges, life, death, good times and bad (and hot and cold showers).
Though at first this article seems like The Onion are taking the piss out of (and they might be) Stoic approaches to … More