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Schopenhauer on the human condition and original sin

Schopenhauer on the human condition and original sin

The philosophy of beauty

The philosophy of beauty

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

Finding meaning in the face of death

Finding meaning in the face of death

How to write poetry like Pablo Neruda

How to write poetry like Pablo Neruda

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Notes from Underground: Dostoevsky on suffering and the will to live

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Notes from Underground: Dostoevsky on suffering and the will to live

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella Notes from Underground instantly draws you in with its opening line, “I am a sick man… I am a wicked man.”

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Book review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls

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Book review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami’s latest novel The City and Its Uncertain Walls opens with a poetic, dreamlike memory of the narrator lying beneath a twilight sky …

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5 of the best philosophy-related books

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5 of the best philosophy-related books

Philosophers think about the most important questions in life–everything from how to face death gracefully…

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