I have watched the awakening of intelligence in each of my four children. It is so quick, so impressive, that one wonders how such a progression can end . . . in what we are.…
Author: Milovan
Eugene Ionesco on Human Condition
In a book dedicated to Samuel Beckett, Les Cahiers de l’Herne there is a short text on Beckett by another great thinker: Eugene Ionesco. Here is a part of it: … It is not from…
Literature Books That Inspire John Gray’s Philosophy
The title of the post is really not the luckiest. What do I mean by “literature books that inspired John Gray’s philosophy”? From the moment I started reading John Gray’s books, starting with the Straw…
Leo Tolstoy’s Four Ways Out Of The Misery of Human Condition
If you are a fan of great spiritual confessions or autobiographies such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Reveries of the Solitary Walker or Augustine’s Confessions, a book that should delight you is Leo Tolstoy’s A Confession. It…
G. K. Chesterton & John Fowles on Mysteries and Staying Sane
Near the end of chapter 1 of The Magus, John Fowles writes the following: It poured with rain the day I left. But I was filled with excitement, a strange exuberant sense of taking wing.…
The 6 Most Insightful Philosophy Books About Human Nature [Updated 2021]
The six books presented here are chosen based on one criteria: the depth and elaboration of thoughts oh human nature and human condition. They are not strictly philosophical; for example La Rochefoucauld’s Maxims might be…
Henry Miller Quotes: Timeless Wisdom from “Stand Still Like The Hummingbird” (Part 1)
I am at my best when nobody knows me, nobody recognizes me. When I am just another nobody, in other words. Henry Miller, My Life as an Echo I finally got my hands on Henry…
Ten Cat Philosophy Hints from John Gray On How To Live a Happy Life
John Gray’s latest book Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life is just out. Bellow is Gray’s summary of ten cat lessons on how to live well. 1. Never try to persuade human beings…
Art as The Criticism of Life
Life is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of others, of growing unproductively anxious or desirous, and of losing ourselves to vanity and error.