“They are laughing at you, Diogenes,” he answered, “But I am not laughed down.” (PLUTARCH)
But when I contemplated the origin of anger itself, I observed that different persons are liable to anger from different causes; yet in the case...
But when I contemplated the origin of anger itself, I observed that different persons are liable to anger from different causes; yet in the case...
In one of Aesop’s fables -and those are some of the greatest fables in the world, so simple and so significant -a small...
Our approach to life becomes increasingly mechanical. The aim of social efforts is to produce things, and. in the process of idolatry of...
Before we begin, we may well ask whether we should bother fighting in the first place. Self-deception has been favored by natural selection,...
Nothing, therefore, needs to be more emphasized than the warning that we should not, like sheep, follow the lead of the throng in...
At the root of our challenging relationship with our own brains is the fact that it’s a device that was assembled, tested, and (mostly)...
Lysander's trick that crowned the Spartans victorious in the Peloponnesian War413 BC The war was raging and it was difficult to end. The...
All humans are artists, all of us. Every symbol, every word, is a little piece of art. From my point of view, and...
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Evening came on, the last evening of the year. In...
Heraclitus touches the deepest problem of man: that is -- fast asleep even while awake. You sleep when you sleep, but you also sleep...