You are a Repeating Pattern in the Cosmos
Did you know that everyone has got a twin, an identical twin, some have been lucky enough to have been born with them here on this version of planet Earth, Continue Reading
God the Producer; Divinisation of Creation
There is a familiar claim in religion: God created the world. It is presented as a statement about reality, a metaphysical fact about the origin of things. But in The Continue Reading
God is Man’s Mirror: Feuerbach and the Projection of Human Nature
There is a long-standing assumption at the heart of religion: that man is the creation, and God the creator. Lo and behold, man was poofed into existence, taking on the Continue Reading
My response to Brain Cox on meaning
I recently watched this Joe Rogan episode featuring British physicist Brian Cox, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7OHXJtWco&t=1012s Somewhere amid the cosmology and particle-physics digressions, the conversation drifted toward meaning. Cox Continue Reading
The Pale Criminal & Judge Holden, a Nietzschean and Jungian interpretation.
The Pale Criminal? In Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, the chapter titled “Of the Pale Criminal” presents one of the most enigmatic and psychologically rich parables in all of his Continue Reading
No Soul, No Problem: Feuerbach and the Myth of Mind–Body Dualism
The dualism of mind and body—the belief that we possess an incorporeal essence, a soul that is truly “us,” and that the body is merely a vessel or flesh-puppet animated Continue Reading
Does God Exist?
The thing about reading a lot of Nietzsche is that he regularly and without fail drops a truth bomb on you of epic proportions, the type of thing that will Continue Reading
This world is the will to power—and nothing besides!
“This world is the will to power—and nothing besides! And you yourselves are also this will to power—and nothing besides!” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power Friedrich Nietzsche, the Continue Reading
Nietzsche and Morality
Nietzsche would no doubt consider me to be a weak man, a member of ‘the herd,’ because of my reluctance to cause harm, even to my enemies. Instead, I outsource Continue Reading
The Illusion of Suffering
If we could sum up the essence of this article in one overarching sentiment, it would be captured by this quote from our favourite Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius: “Whatever the Continue Reading
Why you should always pet a cat whenever you meet one on the street.
Yes, I’m aware that Jordan B Peterson has a chapter with the same or a similar title, I’ve got the book 12 Rules for Life, and I must admit that Continue Reading
Those that we leave behind
I watched Jordan Peterson’s interview with Elon Musk recently and to be fair it was pretty interesting, but I was staggered to hear that one of Elon’s Friends, namely Larry Continue Reading
Nietzsche: The Ascent of the Will
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: Embrace Mortality, Finding Meaning in the Cycle of Life.
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
Wisdom Loves a Warrior
“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
Nietzsche: Religion is Nihilism!
“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
Nietzsche: Active and Passive Nihilism explained:
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
Sociopath or Not? Was Nietzsche a Sociopath?
“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