Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work …
Tag: wisdom
Exercise for Intellectuals
All too often nowadays, people who love to exercise their brains forget to exercise their bodies. This wasn’t the way …
How to Find Meaningful Work
Contrary to some expectations, it isn’t only money we want from work. We also need our work to feel ‘meaningful’. …
PHILOSOPHY – Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply influenced by Buddhist thought and is in many ways the West’s answer to it: he too …
Envy of the Future
Some of our feelings about how the world might be in a 100 years time and more are based on …
Why Comedy Matters
We’re used to thinking that the purpose of comedy is just to help us relax and ‘have a good laugh’. …
NIETZSCHE ON: The Superman
Nietzsche’s concept of the Superman is one of the most exciting and yet weird aspects of his thought. What did …
Secret Thoughts: Envy
We’re meant to be pleased for our friends when they do well. In theory. In reality, their success is often …