A celebration of the Good Life, High Art, Human Excellence and Culture
Let’s begin by stating the obvious, life is a psychic experience, not just the random happenstance of a deterministic universe unfolding according to physical law. There’s something else going on Continue Reading
In a rugged, mountainous landscape, where the earth meets the sky, a solitary figure stands at the base of a towering peak. The mountain, majestic and imposing, Continue Reading
Crash Course Death Anxiety part 2 When you are young, the pain of mortality is incredibly severe, very often the thought of death and dying when you are Continue Reading
“Nietzsche’s Modern Manifesto” – Can his ideas still be applied to our world today? Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas, often provocative and challenging, continue to resonate in contemporary discourse, raising pertinent Continue Reading
“Untroubled, scornful, outrageous – that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.” In Nietzsche’s magnum opus, ‘Thus Continue Reading
“The strong man, a man in whom the instincts characteristic of robust health are powerful, digests his deeds in just the same way that he digests his meals; he Continue Reading
One of the very fair critiques that I often hear from Atheists is that there’s no evidence for the existence of God in the material world, the Epicurean world Continue Reading
One of the very fair critiques that I often hear from Atheists is that there’s no evidence for the existence of God in the material world, the Epicurean world of Continue Reading
“Thus Spoke Zarathustra” is a philosophical novel written by Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1883. It follows the journey and teachings of the character Zarathustra, who presents his ideas Continue Reading
Materialism has given us many of the good things in life that we now take for granted, such as not dying at a young age of preventable diseases, as well Continue Reading
Recently I’ve been revisiting Seneca’s Moral Epistles which are a letter collection of 124 letters addressed to his friend Lucilius. Among these letters, Letter VII, better known as ‘On Crowds’ has caught my Continue Reading
“Was Nietzsche a sociopath?” This is a common charge directed at Nietzsche by those unfamiliar with his work along with accusations of antisemitism and so on. To this day, Continue Reading
Buddhism is more than just a religion, it’s a philosophy of the mind that’s been offering profound insights since around 500BC—plenty of time for contemplating the mind! What I’d like Continue Reading
I’ve been wanting to do this type of analysis for quite a long time, but I’ve never got around to it, but it has been a long-time goal for me Continue Reading
Crack open any neuroscience textbook and you’ll be taught about the processes of the brain and the relationships between sensory organs, neural activity, and even the arising of subjective Continue Reading
I’ve been watching the recent fallout from the Rochdale By-Election with interest this week as our Hindu Prime Minister addressed the nation partially in response to the election of a Continue Reading
In the annals of philosophy, few concepts evoke as much intrigue and controversy as Friedrich Nietzsche’s Übermensch, or Superman. Born out of Nietzsche’s magnum opus, ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra,’ the Übermensch Continue Reading
Today we’re going to be talking about Nietzsche’s view of beauty, high art, and ugliness and the ramifications that it holds for us who either want to live a Continue Reading