Why you read it – Dave Martin

The Philosophy of: Anna Karenina’s Karenin on Misfortune

It is a fortune that may befall anybody. And this misfortune has befallen me. The only is how best to endure the situation. Any shitty […]

The Absurdity of: Knowing others, and them knowing you (and why they do what they do) – The philosophy of: Natasha in Tolstoy’s War and Peace

I will never know everything about you. And you won’t know me. It’s impossible to know what it’s like to truly be someone else, to […]

The philosophy of Camus’ character Meursault – On honesty (with yourself and others)

In Albert Camus’ book, The Outsider, Meursault is an honest bloke –to himself, to his boss and his girlfriend. And when his girlfriend asks him, ‘Do […]

The Philosophy of: Sisyphus from Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus (and what ice fishing’s got to do with it)

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 […]

A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.6] – The philosophy of: The local librarian the other day (Slowing down the development of AI so it doesn’t eventually take over? ‘It’s a bit late for that.’)

After I went up to the front desk at my local library the other day, I remembered I forgot to get something else (remember to […]

Everything you do, do it for a reason – The Philosophy of: Miyamoto Musashi [pt.1]

Do Nothing, which is of no use. – Miyamoto Musashi Scrolling through your Instagram news feed for 35 minutes ‘just because, you know’, or just opening Snapchat […]

Here’s my review of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (and Stoicism): Just look at the state of the book. [+ The philosophy of: Marcus Aurelius]

6 weeks ago, my copy of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations looked like this: And yesterday, after consciously taking my time to read as little of it every […]

The only news source you need is The Onion [+ my almost a year without the actual news]

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