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Schopenhauer on the human condition and original sin

Schopenhauer on the human condition and original sin

Milan Kundera and the ideal form of love

Milan Kundera and the ideal form of love

Nietzsche’s eternal return

Nietzsche’s eternal return

The tortured poet

The tortured poet

Mary Oliver’s White Flowers and the undiscovered country

Mary Oliver’s White Flowers and the undiscovered country

Sin, sirens, and the irresistible allure of sound

Sin, sirens, and the irresistible allure of sound

Rising from the ashes of chaos

Rising from the ashes of chaos

How to write poetry like Pablo Neruda

How to write poetry like Pablo Neruda

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Aristotle’s horror vacui and the vacuum law of prosperity

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Aristotle’s horror vacui and the vacuum law of prosperity

In her book Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, Catherine Ponder introduces various laws that govern reality. One of these is the vacuum law of prosperity…

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Aristotle and Seneca on friendship and isolation

A. L. Peck 1/6/24 A. L. Peck 1/6/24

Aristotle and Seneca on friendship and isolation

Friendship was an important topic to Greek philosophers. Aristotle devoted 1/5th of his main work on ethics, Nicomachean Ethics…

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