The Russian 19th century novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky deserves our attention for the austerity and pessimism of his vision – from …
Category: Self Development
Self-Esteem
To have sound levels of self-esteem is one of the gateways to happiness. But achieving this has very little to …
The School of Life’s Retreat: ‘The Life House’
The School of Life has built a ‘secular monastery’, The Life House: an austere, beautiful building in rural Wales. The …
The Pleasure of Keeping Clothes On
Strangely, eroticism doesn’t necessarily increase the more clothes you take off. It may be at its height when two people …
SOCIOLOGY – Auguste Comte
The 19th century thinker Auguste Comte invented a religion without a God in it. It was a fascinating move that …
Overcoming Childhood
Our childhoods have a deep and often seriously troubling impact on our adulthoods; what happened at 5 will still be …
LITERATURE – Voltaire
Voltaire was one of the wisest, funniest and cleverest people of the 18th century. He continues to have lots to …