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…
Stoic Quotes on Death from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
Memento mori is Latin for remember that you must die. A scary thought at first – contemplating the inevitability of death can make you desperate, frustrated and anxious. To be Stoic is to accept things…
Hermann Hesse on Knowledge and Wisdom in Two Powerful Quotes from Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse should be on any soul-searcher’s reading list. Hesse’s novels, each exploring one’s authenticity and path to self knowledge, help you question, understand and appreciate the uniqueness of everyone’s path in life. All across…
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.
G. K. Chesterton on The Fallacy Of Success
They do not teach people to be successful, but they do teach people to be snobbish; they do spread a sort of evil poetry of worldliness.
José Ortega y Gasset – Barbarism of Specialization [Revolt of the Masses chapter summary]
In his 1930 book The Revolt of the Masses (Spanish: La rebelión de las masas) José Ortega y Gasset deals with the rise of mass-man and the question of how around the turn of the…