“So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many, you have not yet approached freedom or tasted its nectar. Whatever you do or avoid, let it be guided not by public approval or blame, but by reason, the divine spark within.” — Julian the Apostate
One of the most fundamental reasons…
“In the case of depressive realism, the philosophical pessimism most closely associated with Schopenhauer may be its natural home.” —Colin Feltham
They move along the street with blank faces, eyes forward, minds elsewhere. Shadows stretch long behind them, and the fading light casts everything in a sickly pallor. It’s not fear exactly—more like a…
“What makes the horror genre so exciting and unstoppable is its capacity for metaphorical exploration. It’s the safe place that we, as a culture, can deal with things that upset and frighten us—the darker side of our nature.” — Mike Flanagan
Although trauma is often cast as a destructive force—fracturing the psyche and distorting…
“First, tragedies were brought on stage to remind you of what can happen, that these happenings are determined by nature, and that what moves you in the theatre should not burden you on the larger stage of life.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.6
Everybody loves a free spirit, but few dare to become one.…
Let’s begin with an inconvenient question: What if the right to live doesn’t mean the obligation to stay alive? It’s a simple question, yet one that touches on the core of many of our deepest fears, values, and assumptions. Most of us are used to thinking about life as inherently sacred, survival as paramount, and…
Tiempo de lectura: < 1 minuto Los amuletos celtas han acompañado a la humanidad desde tiempos ancestrales. Utilizados por las culturas celtas como símbolos de protección, prosperidad y conexión espiritual, estos talismanes han sobrevivido al paso de los siglos gracias a la fuerza de su significado y a su estética atemporal.
Entre los…
“I am afraid that other people do not realize that the one aim of those who practice philosophy in the proper manner is to practice for dying and death.” – Socrates
Memento Mori (Remember to Die) has been given several interpretations over the ages. Some of which can be rather gripping to render…
“What you have achieved will be revealed only when you breathe your last.” – Seneca
Rather than seeing our self as some everyday run of the mill ‘shmuck’, what if we tweaked this derogatory term into ‘chuck’ instead, as in a real down to earth kind of person; would that rearrange our self-concept, might that…
