Postmodern Art Attack
So I Googled the definition of art and this is the first result I got: “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form Continue Reading
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So I Googled the definition of art and this is the first result I got: “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form Continue Reading
What is this philosophy called naturalism all about? Curious you spare some time to learn by hoping for an overview or maybe you probably already know what it is Continue Reading
In recent weeks we have created new designs for you to enjoy on our Spreadshirt shop, our latest designs also includes Stoic and Epicurean ones too! Click on the link Continue Reading
(Continuing from The Natural Aesthetic – Nature crafts its own art) Landscape aesthetics This brilliant painting by Ivan Shishkin (25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898), called ‘morning Continue Reading
For over five years now I’ve been a meditation practitioner since I started back in late 2014, and never once looked back. I can only speak for myself in describing Continue Reading
Pictured as the featured image of this article is French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard (1924—1998) who famously defined postmodernism in one short sound bite: “simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodernism Continue Reading
News of death Last year my maternal grandmother passed away, she was in her eighties. Some background is in order: my grandmother was taken ill to hospital and was eight Continue Reading
There is a passage in Book 6 of Marcus Aurelius’ meditations, which I found outlined an interesting method. Marcus wrote of a perspective that deconstructs the appearance of things, more of Continue Reading
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Just to start off Stoicism is not asceticism like the Cynic school is, instead it’s a middle way philosophy; not going to the extremes of pleasure nor asceticism. The Stoic Continue Reading
Nine wise quotes by Buddhist scholar Ajahn Chah, we hope they give you inspiration! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Continue Reading
During his exile in Corsica, Seneca wrote to his mother Helvia whom he told his worrying mother all was well, all this can be found in Seneca’s consolations by the Continue Reading
For those who shop on Zazzle, our store, Groovy Toga Boutique, has opened there. We’ve made a good start and are uploading more and more philosophical designs of a humorous Continue Reading
The Greek Stoic philosopher Chrysippus (279 – c. 206 BC) was a major figure in Stoicism, he was head of that school and was reputed to be a prolific Continue Reading
This short article builds upon the recent article I published: Buddhist philosophy – Exploring Dukkha as more than just suffering, as well as a helping from stoic philosophy to Continue Reading
“I am made up of the casual and the material. Neither of these will disappear into nothing, just as neither came to be out of nothing. So every part Continue Reading
If you study Buddhist philosophy, there’s this Pali term that’s thrown about often, but it’s not a trivial term, but a central concept to the entire philosophical framework. Continue Reading
Here’s selection of nine thought-provoking quotes from the French physician and materialist philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie. The quotes are presented in a meme format: 1 2 3 4 Continue Reading