ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ

The laws of truth and half of truth. | Part A’ (LEONARD MLODINOW)

In the story of mathematics the ancient Greeks stand out as the inventors of the manner in which modern mathematics is carried out:...

15 November, 2017

The methods by which men strive to gain happiness and keep suffering away | Part B (S. FREUD)

Just as a satisfaction of instinct spells happiness for us, so severe suffering is caused us if the external world lets us starve,...

08 November, 2017

The methods by which men strive to gain happiness and keep suffering away | Part Α’ (S. FREUD)

Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to...

06 November, 2017

Two principles of life

A traveller crossing the mountains met an elderly man who was trying hard to plant a little almond tree. Knowing that almond trees...

04 November, 2017

Be Drunk

  You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it—it’s the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of...

20 October, 2017

Pain, unlike pleasure, wears no mask | Part B’ (Oscar Wilde)

More than this, there is about sorrow an intense, an extraordinary reality. I have said of myself that I was one who stood...

08 October, 2017

Pain, unlike pleasure, wears no mask | Part A’ (Oscar Wilde)

I used to live entirely for pleasure. I shimmed suffering and sorrow of every kind. I hated both. I resolved to ignore them...

07 October, 2017

The Animal School (OSHO)

Intelligence is the inborn capacity to see, to perceive. Every child is born intelligent, then made stupid by the society. We educate him...

04 October, 2017

Living in the Antechamber of Hope | Part B’ (NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB)

Where the Relevant Is the Sensational Our intuitions are not cut out for nonlinearities. Consider our life in a primitive environment where process and...

02 October, 2017

Living in the Antechamber of Hope | Part A’ (NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB)

Assume that your activities depend on a Black Swan surprise—i.e., you are a reverse turkey. Intellectual, scientific, and artistic activities belong to the...

01 October, 2017