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What do you think is the point of life and the universe? There’s a range of Existential approaches to the question, that range from guys like Schoppenhauer who said that life has no meaning and is nothing but a punishment, to guys like Kierkegaard who said that we live and die, but God (or more, our hope and faith in God) will…
Though at first this article seems like The Onion are taking the piss out of (and they might be) Stoic approaches to misfortune, trials, life, death, gratitude, nature and the indifference of the universe, and good and bad times (and even taking cold showers) reveals itself as you peel the layers, much like the stinky, stinky vegetable which bears the website’s name: Are…
Those who identify with Stoic philosophy, don’t refer to themselves as ‘Stoics.’* But as Massimo Pigliucci says (at 15:00), they prefer to refer to themselves as ‘Prokoptontis’. What is a prokoptontis? Someone who is hopefully making progress. And that seems like a good and virtuous way to live life. You can’t be perfect, but you can constantly be your best,…
All the closest relationships you had with people when you were growing up (including your parents, siblings and school friends), in terms of how frequently you saw them once upon a time, compared to now, are now in their tail end. With this being Mother’s Day, it’s a perfect reminder of why The Tail End matters, and as Tim…
Surely, surely we must see that? Every man was privileged; there was only one class of men, the privileged class. – Meursault in Albert Camus’ The Outsider You are one of the few billion people that have been lucky enough to be thrown into life. So, how are you? Are you alive? Well, you’re lucky (OH MY MY).
If you’re having a day where you’re worried, anxious or uncertain (is that a bad thing?), listen to this – it’s impossible to keep feeling the same way. You can always go to your Kokomo, anytime, and anywhere you are. And the same goes for this: Because if you’re alive, you are one of the 10 billion people lucky enough to ever…
This is Izzy from The Last Kiss, and in this scene from the movie, his mate tries to guilt him into coming with on a massive trip by judging the fact that all he does is go ice fishing every day, and that is an ‘incomplete’ or ‘pathetic’ life. But Izzy is happy just going ice fishing, and he’d be…
Some of the greatest, most significant and most powerful moments in your life may be the ones where you just stop, breathe, live and take in where you are in your life at that exact present moment. But trying to fight how things natural just go may make you not capable of handling the sudden random occurrences of your life and…
The task of literature is to reconnect us with feelings that otherwise might be unbearable to study, but which desperately need our attention. – Franz Kafka All the toughest things, the things that make you most anxious, or scared must be acknowledged and delved into to truly free yourself of them. Ignoring or deluding yourself of the things that bring…
This is what co-founder of the Future of Life Institute says in his book, Life 3.0: It’s not our universe that gives meaning to conscious beings, but conscious beings giving meaning to the universe. And this is what two of his favourite physicists say: First, Steven Weinberg: The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless. (which is something Camus…