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The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.

“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”

Is a repressed memory always so bad?

The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?

For Nietzsche, a great work of art can either veil the horror of reality or – better yet – help us face it.

Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.

In “The History of Western Philosophy,” Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn’t.

Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.

If you feel like you’re missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.

“It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it.”

Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?

Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.

Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.

Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling “Land of Justice.”

Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn’t make you a nihilist.

That Nietzsche quote might not mean what you think it does.

A part of human nature needs to be challenged and feel strong. Today, we fulfill that need with “surrogate activities.”

For J.R.R. Tolkien, the single most important element of a fairy tale was the dramatic reversal of misfortune in the story’s ending.

Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.

All religions have three traits: metaphysical commitments, ethical guidance, and daily rituals or practices. So does Stoicism.

Commodus lived the anti-Stoic life, pursuing lust, narcissism, and self-indulgence.

We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?

Traditionally, the long history of Japanese thought has not been viewed as “philosophy” — even by Japanese scholars. It’s time for a rethink.

A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.

Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine? Well, it depends.

The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.

One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.

The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.

Desire is like a drug. But is an addict always an addict?

Philosophy cures no disease and invents nothing new. What’s even the point?