What is a transcendent Ideal?
What is a transcendent ideal? A transcendent ideal refers to a concept, value, or principle that is regarded as universally valid or existing beyond the limits of human experience Continue Reading
The reason why Nietzsche laughed at the weaklings…
“I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.” Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th-century German philosopher, is known for his provocative and sometimes enigmatic Continue Reading
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom….
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone Continue Reading
What is the meaning of life?
Following on from our previous podcast in which we talked about Nihilism, Existentialism and Absurdism we now take the opposite view that the meaning of life is not only findable Continue Reading
The Stoic Pursuit of Wisdom
Edit: The woman in the thumbnail is Sophia, the Gnostic Goddess of Wisdom! – we’ve been asked tons of times! The subconscious mind Let’s have a little look into Continue Reading
The stoic virtue of courage
Welcome everyone, to a profound exploration of the stoic virtue of courage. Today, we embark on a journey to delve into the essence of courage as understood by the Stoic Continue Reading
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, or How to deal with the desire for the approval from other people.
Today we’re going to talk about, something natural to all of us, a normal human desire. We all have a natural desire to be embraced and accepted by others. Continue Reading
How to beat the fear of death and dying!
I remember when I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s at about the age of 7, I asked my father what happened after we died. He went quiet Continue Reading
How to deal with anxiety
In the bustling modern world, anxiety has become an increasingly common mental health challenge. Fortunately, ancient wisdom offers valuable insights on how to navigate this overwhelming emotion. Stoicism, a Continue Reading
Only weak minds talk about people…
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in Athens during the 5th century BC. He is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy and played a crucial role Continue Reading
Getting over the fear of failure – Part 1 – Acceptance
Getting over the fear of failure is a process that requires patience, self-reflection, and practice. Here are some strategies that can help: Firstly, we can recognise that failure is Continue Reading
How ugliness weakens and afflicts us!
“Nothing is beautiful, except man alone: all aesthetics rests upon this naïveté, which is its first truth. Let us immediately add the second: nothing is ugly except the degenerating Continue Reading
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself!
When Nietzsche wrote, “No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself,” he was expressing the importance of individual freedom and self-determination. Nietzsche was a German Continue Reading
Conquer the Fear of Punishment After Death with Marcus Aurelius & Friedrich Nietzsche
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues Continue Reading
Seek Power, Not Happiness!
Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the “will to power” is a central idea in his philosophy, which states that the basic drive behind all human behaviour is the desire for power Continue Reading
How to Be a Rational, Third Positionist on the Subject of Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIYdfFkUaM Politics can be a polarizing and divisive subject, with people often feeling forced to choose between the extreme positions of the left and right. However, there is a third Continue Reading
The Psychological Answer to the meaning of life.
It’s within the Freudian/Jungian model of the mind that we find two warring factions namely the Id and the Superego. The Id represents the pleasure-seeking part of the psyche that Continue Reading
What is an Ethnicity and How does it Compare to Culture?
https://youtu.be/QH9zi37S2yw We hear the words a lot these days, especially in political circles where they are often used interchangeably and in misleading senses, so we’d thought we’d take a look Continue Reading