In many areas, we’re far weirder than we let on in public. For example, consider the business of eating: there’s …
Tag: wisdom
PHILOSOPHY – Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a philosophical historian who questioned many of our assumptions about how much better the world is today …
Student Philosopher: Where to Start with Philosophy?
Where do you start with philosophy? What are the good books to start with? These are questions that Em, our …
One Reason Homes Cost So Much
Very high house prices aren’t an act of God or a fact of nature. They’re the result of all sorts …
How to Start Having Sex Again
Sex has a nasty habit of breaking down in long-term relationships. One reliable technique for fixing things is called the …
PHILOSOPHY – Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard is useful to us because of the intensity of his despair at the compromises and cruelties of daily …
Why We Should Draw More (and Photograph Less)
Our cameras make it so easy to feel we’ve captured what’s important in the world. But to really appreciate what’s …
Student Philosopher: Platonic Love & the Troubadours
In the modern world, being in love with someone is always connected up with the idea of having (or wanting …