Religion was an ingenious solution to many of mankind’s earliest fears and needs. Religion is now implausible to many, but …
Tag: wisdom
Why Arts Graduates Are Under-Employed
Arts graduates are often to be found making coffee – having spent their university years studying Plato or Foucault. Maybe …
Why Nice People Are Scary
When it comes to our love lives, it’s natural to think that we’d ideally want to get together with someone …
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY – Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan, who alerts us to the neglected beauty and …
On Feeling Melancholy
The word ‘melancholy’ puts its finger on a particular species of sadness, which isn’t an illness or even a problem: …
Meritocracy
We’ve been taught to feel very good about the fact that many of our societies are now apparently ‘meritocracies.’ But …
SOCIOLOGY – Alexis De Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th century French aristocrat with some crucial things to tell us about the strengths and …
