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Author: Comicus Muo

Comicus Muo loves dualism, Existentialism, Nihilism, Absurdism and a plethora of helpful philosophies from the ancient world such as Stoicism, not to mention a healthy dose of Cynicism. Comicus is also a reasonable theist, atheistic in his thinking but also a Mystic, spiritual rather than religious and keenly aware that it's the Judaeo-Christian heritage of the west and it's enlightenment values that allow him to be this way.
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10 Things that you can learn from Nihilism…

Size is important! 1. Firstly that you are really small, the universe is big, other universes (should they exist,) might be even bigger, but you are just a lump of Continue Reading

Posted On : 10th May 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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An interview with his Noble Majesty, the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

At the standup, philosophers were known to be very great admirers of the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius and the wealth of philosophical teachings that he’s gifted us with. Not only Continue Reading

Posted On : 9th May 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Nietzsche and the abyss – The unity of nothingness.

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze Continue Reading

Posted On : 5th May 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Comicus Muo vs The Death Penalty…

With a little help from Marcus Aurelius… I like to think of myself as a modern-day stoic, I like the idea that we can live for virtue, or more simply Continue Reading

Posted On : 24th April 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
Could the world be God’s lucid dream?
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Could the world be God’s lucid dream?

The mystic perspective is that we’re all one thing. That means that you and I and all other things are part of God. In a sense, we do the experiencing Continue Reading

Posted On : 4th March 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Introduction to Stoicism

Introduction to Stoic Philosophy I’d like to take a few minutes of your time to introduce you to Stoic Philosophy. It’s Stoic because we talk about the non-physical mind and Continue Reading

Posted On : 25th February 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Marcus Aurelius on injury, anger and betrayal

One of the great things about Stoicism, is that it helpfully puts its practitioners at ease with the world around them, a world that can often be cruel, unkind, unjust Continue Reading

Posted On : 23rd February 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Low Tide Mark

This is an early picture of my wife and dog at the Beach on a cold winter’s day.  It’s not the best shot, but it’s got an interesting lead in Continue Reading

Posted On : 5th February 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Why I love Stoicism

We’ve already mentioned in some of our other articles on this site that to live for pleasure alone is probably not a good life.  It’s ironic that the pursuit of Continue Reading

Posted On : 22nd January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Thoughts on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Before reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, I would highly recommend that you get yourself a modern translation of it. It can be hard to read an older version as Continue Reading

Posted On : 17th January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Marcus Aurelius on the futility of Kleos (Everlasting Fame)

We’ve all seen them, those fame hungry and vapid stars of reality TV who hope that a few weeks brief appearance on some ‘entertainment,’ show will elevate them to the Continue Reading

Posted On : 4th January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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11 ways to banish anxiety and Live each day as a separate life.

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” ― Seneca This is a wonderful quote from a wonderful philosopher, variations of it have been Continue Reading

Posted On : 30th December 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Merry Christmas from the Stand Up Philosophers 2017

Merry Christmas from my colleague (Epicurus of Albion) and I (Comicus Muo) to all of our august and noble readers from across the world. 2017 has been a good year Continue Reading

Posted On : 24th December 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Giving Thanks

I’ve recently been struck by the fact that the noble Emperor Marcus Aurelius began his meditations by giving thanks. The first book ‘The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Debts and Lessons,’ Continue Reading

Posted On : 13th December 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Seneca on Suffering, Wisdom and Adversity…

The meaning of life. As we’ve previously mentioned in other articles for there to be a meaning of life (as opposed to the meaning you may choose to give your Continue Reading

Posted On : 12th December 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Seneca on the Happy Life.

“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast – a mind that is placed beyond the Continue Reading

Posted On : 12th December 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Use your privilege, a modern stoic concept…

“Nobody is born on purpose,” at least that’s what Morty said to Summer in my favourite contemporary cartoon series, and so it goes that nobody has any control over the Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th October 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Philosophy Vs Religion

I sometimes get asked what the difference is between philosophy and religion.  I can understand why people would ask this, after all many religions are quite philosophical in nature in Continue Reading

Posted On : 29th August 2017 Published By : Comicus Muo

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