Nowadays, most people don’t attach a larger significance to beauty. At most, beauty is a quality that evokes pleasure…
Friedrich Nietzsche claimed his doctrine of eternal return was his most important idea, the “greatest elevation of the consciousness…
The trope of the “tortured poet” is intriguing—it conveys the idea that meaningful art requires or is enhanced by anguish, torment…
I read a poem by Mary Oliver that stuck with me. It’s called “White Flowers” and it’s about the boundaries between wakefulness…
“Square in your ship’s path are Sirens, crying beauty to bewitch men coasting by; woe to the innocent who hears that sound!”
Victor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning explores how humans are driven to find purpose in life. He identifies three potential…
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was a Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who was especially known for his love poems…
“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” – Walter Pater
Liebestraum No. 3 is a piano piece composed by the Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt in 1850. It translates to "Dreams of Love" and is one of three…
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860) was an influential German philosopher who, despite providing the foundation for much of modern philosophy, died in relative obscurity.