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The Lotus-eaters and the static utopia

Within the entertaining world that is Greek Mythology, there is of course the great classic of Homer’s Odyssey. The story focuses on the titular protagonist, Odysseus, Greek hero of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 27th June 2022 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
The origins of Love
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The Origin of Love…

We’ve all had those moments when without warning we meet the gaze of a random stranger and time seems to stop.  Without so much as a word they empty their Continue Reading

Posted On : 25th March 2022 Published By : Comicus Muo
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The psychological reason why you shouldn’t force your religious beliefs on anyone.

When I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s there was a popular saying doing the rounds that went along the lines of ‘never discuss religion and Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th March 2022 Published By : Comicus Muo
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What is philosophy for?

Let’s begin by saying something bold, philosophy is first and foremost about using the rational faculty that all human beings possess to determine personal happiness.  In order to find happiness, Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th February 2022 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Why am I Anxious?

  Why am I anxious?   Your conscious mind is like an ant that rides on top of an elephant.  It might think that it’s in charge, but it isn’t! Continue Reading

Posted On : 5th November 2021 Published By : Comicus Muo
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What is a philosophy?

There is a great deal of information present within all of reality, so much so that the sensory input of it all can be overwhelming.  Human brains, minds and sensory Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th October 2021 Published By : Comicus Muo
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No Ship of Theseus

  Theseus’ paradox has been a contested thought puzzle throughout the ages of western philosophy. The Ancient Greek philosophers were known for having heated debates circling in about the ship’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th September 2021 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Schopenhauer and Presentism

While reading On the Vanity of Existence, an essay by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, I came across this which I will share the excerpt: “That which has been exists no Continue Reading

Posted On : 17th August 2021 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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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

Posted On : 28th June 2021 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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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

Posted On : 18th December 2020 Published By : Comicus Muo

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