A stab in Schopenhauerian pessimism – enjoy youth while you can…
“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting Continue Reading
Nihilism as a Negating Philosophy
Nihilists negate any sense of personal meaning as illusory, this might sound pessimistic but it doesn’t have to be. The mind that makes a judgement of pessimism is also capable Continue Reading
The trap of expectation
Large featured image, just so you get the message! While reading through German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer’s Counsels and Maxims, I came across this sentence: “The safest way of not Continue Reading
The Arbitrary Nature of Evil
I’ve finally sussed out how to use Instagram and as is my want have joined several philosophical communities on the blasted thing one of which posted a quote by Nietzsche Continue Reading
Stoic response to death – Returning to non-existence
The notion there’s no afterlife after death, only an oblivious nothingness absent of consciousness, was an idea already familiar in the ancient world. The Greek philosophers entertained this view Continue Reading
Stoic response to death – Time’s running out…
The stoics were in the habit of reminding their friends through their letters, the students in lecture halls and especially themselves on the certainty of death. Seneca, like all Continue Reading
Memento Mori – Remember you will die…
This part is a build up towards the main point: the stoic response to death. So for now there will only be minimal mention of stoicism here. Memento Continue Reading
How is the practice of mysticism different to the path of the philosopher?
Philosophy mainly deals with the objective world, mysticism, however, is a subjective experience of man’s relationship with God that seeks to diminish the sense of isolation and separation from God Continue Reading
Personal Gain
One of the things that strike you when you read Nietzsche is that he considered a good life to be one that is dedicated to personal gain. ‘Personal Gain,’ is Continue Reading
Goodbye 2020
It’s been a tough year in more ways than one for many people, many countries around the world have endured repeated lockdowns and economic harm as a result of the Continue Reading
The engine of Karma is choice!
Karma cannot be escaped. Karma just simply means ‘your doing,’ and is not the simplistic concept of retribution and revenge that we’ve been fed in the west out of semi-ignorance Continue Reading
Everything that you own will belong to someone else…
It’s easy to find comfort in the solid types of matter that we find around us but it’s best not to get too attached. One day it will belong to Continue Reading
Does every particle have a consciousness of its own?
The conclusions of many mystics since time began is that a vast awareness pervades all of space and time, it inhabits the space between matter, between atoms and their constituent Continue Reading
Individuality and Other People
As every good existentialist knows, you are born an individual with your own innate likes and dislikes, prejudices and opinions. Very few of us, however, stop to consider that none Continue Reading
Nietzsche – The Man who died twice
Fredrich Nietzsche – (1844 – 1900 AD) was a German classical scholar, philosopher and cultural critic who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. In the current Continue Reading
Introducing the Stoic Anthology – A compendium of stoic articles from this site’s archives 2017-2019
In response to repeated requests from our loyal readers we have the pleasure to announce that our first ever stoic compendium of articles is now available for download at Amazon. Continue Reading
The Path of The Mystic
“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men Continue Reading
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