Philosophy as a Way of Life
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The Excellence of Fortitude in the Face of Viciousness
”I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct,… Continue reading
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ARE YOU A POST MATERIALIST? | ellisnelson
Top notch overview of this concept over at ellisnelson.com. Kudos! …Ronald Inglehart developed the idea of post materialism in the 1970s as a sociological theory to explain an ongoing transformation of individual values within a society. He argued that as western… Continue reading
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Textimony 20130101
New year, new worldview: Let-go of violent resentments that hide your best possibility; embrace Loving Struggle & prosper by Open Exchange. Continue reading
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Seven steps to living the life you want – CNN.com
A nice & imaginative way of thinking about where you have been, where you are, and where you want to be. Yes, yes… it is from Oprah magazine. That does not take away the usefulness of it as a practice.… Continue reading
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Roman Ingarden (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
An important philosopher whose work should be read by anyone who has an interest in grasping the ontology of the work of art. This is especially true of his work on music & film. Roman Ingarden (1893 – 1970) was… Continue reading
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you can be delivered from a state of disquiet « coromandal
Philosophy isn’t an esoteric inaccessible pursuit; it is lessons that can have a very real affect on life. Often philosophers write about simple reactions and observations to life’s problems. Montaigne for instance – I just learned – wrote mostly about… Continue reading
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The New Jim Crow: Enslaving our Future
In case you don’t have it in you to read the book–which I highly recommend as something you SHOULD read–here is a very nice overview. Do not let yourself believe that incarceration in the United States of America is doing… Continue reading
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Aphorism 12 Dec 2012
The goal of science is the utility of understanding. The target of philosophizing is the beauty of comprehension. Continue reading
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Essay on the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers | Inside Higher Ed
An article recently completed by my colleagues at UNT”s Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity. Worth the read good brothers & sisters of the Ether. One of the oldest questions of philosophy is, “Who guards the guardians?” When Plato posed… Continue reading
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Los Angeles Review of Books – Philosophy As An Art Of Living
A really nice set of book reviews for some texts I would recommend myself. Along with Pierre Hadot’s Philosohpy as a Way of Life, these are the kinds of texts people should be looking into for changing themselves. As the reviewer… Continue reading
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