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We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
People often say, “Let go,” or, “Don’t take things to heart.” But where’s the line with this philosophy?
How do you cope when joining a team shatters your confidence? Albert Camus and Harry Stack Sullivan can help.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
The infamous misogynist had some profound insights on romance.
Still, the author’s main argument wasn’t totally discredited.
He is only out-sold by William Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.
Wander into the deep recesses of the mind and never return the same with these existentialist books.
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
The question of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and a particularly nasty sibling haunted Nietzsche’s legacy.
“Conceptual isolation” offers an agreeable solution.
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don’t truly want to obtain what we think we desire.
Historian Timothy Snyder talks with Big Think about how true liberty requires both negative and positive freedoms.
Great writing can unveil the criminal psyche better than any other artistic medium.
Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.
Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
“For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD.”
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
Dancing, for Nietzsche, was another way of saying Yes! to life.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
“The Da Vinci Code” popularized the idea that Christians stole much of their theology. It’s wrong, especially regarding Christmas.
We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.
A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.
A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.