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He could not sell a single painting in his whole life… (Osho) | Part B’

Now, this kind of paintings you cannot sell. The man his brother had sent came. Van Gogh was very happy: at last somebody...

24 February, 2018

He could not sell a single painting in his whole life… (Osho) | Part A’

The poets have defined art as for its own sake, there is nothing else beyond it: art for art's sake. Art for Art's sake...

23 February, 2018

There is nothing like engaging in an activity that yields great pleasure to bring a person fully into the here and now (Daniel Klein) | Part B’

Being a hedonist of any stripe is a choice we have. But making that choice often involves challenging the rules and customs of...

20 February, 2018

There is nothing like engaging in an activity that yields great pleasure to bring a person fully into the here and now (Daniel Klein) | Part A’

Figure out the meaning of life? Who am I kidding? Who do I think I am? Actually, after reading what Derek Parfit has to...

19 February, 2018

Sisyphus’ myth (Albert Camus) | Part B’

The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted...

11 February, 2018

Sisyphus’ myth (Albert Camus) | Part A’

The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory. There is no fate that cannot be surmounted...

10 February, 2018

On Having Many Friends (Plutarch) | Part Β’

But if all our friends want the same things at the same time, it is hard to satisfy all, in either their counsels,...

06 February, 2018

On Having Many Friends (Plutarch) | Part A’

It is impossible to acquire either many slaves or many friends with little coin. What then is the coin of friendship? It is goodwill and...

05 February, 2018

Redundancy as Insurance (NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB) | Part B’

All Mediterranean cultures developed through time a dogma against debt. Felix qui nihil debet goes the Roman proverb: "Happy is he who owes...

31 January, 2018

Redundancy as Insurance (NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB) | Part A’

First, Mother Nature likes redundancies, three different types of redundancies. The first, the simplest to understand, is defensive redundancy, the insurance type of...

30 January, 2018