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Why We Don’t Really Want to be Nice
Being ‘nice’ sounds a bit eerie and strange. It shouldn’t really. If you like our films, take a look at …
Why Socrates Hated Democracy
We’re used to thinking hugely well of democracy. But interestingly, one of the wisest people who ever lived, Socrates, had …
Why Introspection Matters
Most of our mistakes come down to one crucial error: our failure to understand ourselves well enough. That’s why we …
LITERATURE – James Joyce
James Joyce deserves our ongoing interest for his momentous discovery of the Stream of Consciousness. If you like our films, …
Overcoming Childhood
Our childhoods have a deep and often seriously troubling impact on our adulthoods; what happened at 5 will still be …
Eastern vs. Western Philosophy
Eastern philosophy is a great deal more popular than its Western counterpart. That’s not because Western philosophy has nothing valuable …
Freud on: Sublimation
A lot of what we long for and desire will never be ours; we might go out of our minds …