One of the dangers of emotional life is that we find that we don’t feel ‘in the moment’: we’re at …
Tag: present
Why Hegel knew there would be days like these
The German philosopher Hegel helps us to understand that progress in societies is never linear, and that these societies may …
Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present
The period of time we find hardest to inhabit is the present; for a range of powerful reasons we should …
History as a Cure for Our Times
It can seem as if we are living in deeply, uncommonly troubled and crazy times. We should take a measure …