The Absurd Silence Of The Universe
(Following from the ideas mentioned in the The Absolutism of Nothing) Imagine you first prostrate yourself on the ground and rise with outstretched arms towards the sky crying Continue Reading
The Absolutism of Nothing
Gaze up through and beyond the heavens and your vision will be greeted with this… not greeted by an omnipotent, monumental, bearded being overlooking towards you and saying: ‘alright the jig Continue Reading
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
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
La Mettrie’s Anti-Seneca
Intro The philosopher physician returns and this time he brings his own ethics on happiness. However, his ethics sharply contrasts with that of the stoics putting forward hedonism Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
On The Nature Of Things
Introduction The star of this article is Lucretius, a Roman poet living within 1st BCE Republican Rome. What makes this poet extraordinary and quite unique is that he Continue Reading
Pessimism of Birth by Lucretius
A Human Baby’s like a sailor washed up on a beach By the battering of the surf, naked, lacking the power of speech, Possessing no mean of survival, Continue Reading
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
Then I will be happy! Fame and being Insulted
I wrote this article about three miscellaneous themes we encounter in life. Namely, goal directed behaviour (then I will be happy), fame and being at the receiving end Continue Reading
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
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
Time Gives No Refunds!
This article is concerned with the theme of time as an important commodity. With an analysis of Seneca’s ‘On Saving Time’ a short letter to Lucilius, Seneca’s friend. I pick Continue Reading