The Art of Waiting: Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in November
A masterpiece of children’s literature about grief, friendship, human difference, and the art of waiting.
A masterpiece of children’s literature about grief, friendship, human difference, and the art of waiting.
Is philosophy the love of wisdom? Or is it, as some philosophers have suggested, the wisdom of love? And what do love and wisdom have to do with each other anyway?
Three rules for the creative life: avoid suffering, embrace difficulty, seek out pleasure
The Buddha was a wandering renunciant in Ancient India who kick-started a two and a half thousand-year-old religious and philosophical tradition. But who was he?
Human attempts to read, interpret and over-interpret the world are fascinatingly diverse.
This is a list of some divination methods, culled from here and there. Wikipedia has a much more comprehensive list, but these are my favourites. If you happen …
What does it mean to say "I love you"? And how do these three little words change our sense of ourselves, our commitments, and our future?
Diogenes was the original drop-out philosopher. A fierce critic of the hypocrisy of society, he chose instead to live in accord with nature.
Does love lift us up where we belong? Or is it a kind of madness? In this week's class, we plunge into Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus to find out.
When reading philosophy, it's easy to feel under the obligation to read systematically. But why not give up on feelings of obligation, and read haphazardly?
In this week's class, we are getting philosophical about desire, and asking questions about the philosophy of sex. Happy reading!
Often the advice is that we should read philosophy slowly and carefully. But there's a lot to be said for reading at a gallop.