SOCIOLOGY – Theodor Adorno
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno was born in Frankfurt in 1903 into a wealthy and cultured family. His father, a wine merchant, was of Jewish…
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Loving and Being Loved
Confusingly, we speak of love as one thing, rather than discerning the 2 very different varieties that lie beneath the single word. Being…
Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
For some 400 years across the European Middle Ages, one philosophy book was prized above any other. Present in every educated person’s library,…
How To Cope With Snobbery
Why are we so worried about our careers? Why do we care so much about our reputations? Partly it’s to do with money…
The Meaning of Life
People nowadays often say, sometimes in a sad way, other times more aggressively and cynically, that life just has no meaning. Two reasons…
How to Overcome Shyness
Because shyness can grip us in such powerful ways, it’s tempting to think of it as an immutable part of our emotional make-up…
How to Make a Country Rich
Most of what we call ‘politics’ really revolves around the question of what you need to do to make a country richer. Rather…
POLITICAL THEORY – Henry David Thoreau
most of the time successful modern life involves lots of technology, constantly being connected with other people, working very hard for as much…
HISTORY OF IDEAS – Wabi-sabi
When it comes to what things look like, the Western world is obsessed by perfection, by symmetry, and ideal proportion. This is a…