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Why are we perverse and ask for something else? We don’t know what ourselves. (FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY)

We are all divorced from life, we are all cripples, every one of us, more or less. We are so divorced from it...

08 February, 2023

The Art of Always Being Right (A.C. GRAYLING)

In an ideal world discussion and debate would be aimed at truth, or at least agreement. In such a world the desire of...

07 February, 2023

Humor, laughter, and self-deception (ROBERT TRIVERS)

One striking discovery is that humor and laughter appear to be positively associated with immune benefits. Humor in turn can be seen as...

06 February, 2023

Of natural affection (EPICTETUS)

When he was visited by one of the magistrates, Epictetus inquired of him about several particulars, and asked if he had children and...

05 February, 2023

Judas must have thought that he was being very intelligent, but he was simply cunning.. (OSHO)

After centuries of cunningness man has learned one thing: that to remain innocent is dangerous, you will not be able to survive. Hence...

04 February, 2023

Tragic actors on the stage (NUCCIO ORDINE)

Above all, wealth and power generate false impressions. This is pointed out eloquently by Seneca in his Letters to Lucilius, in which he...

03 February, 2023

To those who dream at night (ISAK DINESEN)

People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not,...

02 February, 2023

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana (Italian: [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna]) is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. The term...

01 February, 2023

ANTON CHEKHOV – The path from his father’s bankruptcy to recognition and success

Anton Chekhov was born into a Russian family on the feast day of St. Anthony the Great (17 January Old Style) 29 January...

31 January, 2023

Thou art the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and, after all, the fool of the farce. (MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE)

The uniformity and simplicity of my manners produce a face of easy interpretation; but because the fashion is a little new and not...

30 January, 2023