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Man has no knowledge (Michel de Montaigne) | Part A’

Finally, should I examine whether it be in the power of man to find out that which he seeks and if that quest,...

24 October, 2021

Habits are often as much a curse as a benefit (CHARLES DUHIGG) | Part B’

Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. Left to its own devices, the brain will try to...

23 October, 2021

Habits are often as much a curse as a benefit (CHARLES DUHIGG) | Part A’

When the MIT researchers started working on habits in the 1990s— at about the same time that Eugene came down with his fever—they were curious...

22 October, 2021

Heaven and hell are not very distant, they are neighbors; only a small fence divides them (OSHO)

A warrior came to the Zen master Hakuin and asked ‘Is there such a thing as heaven and hell?’ Hakuin said ‘Who are you?’ The warrior replied...

21 October, 2021

My feeling changes, not my judgement. (MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE) | Part B’

But I know not how it happens (and yet it unquestionably does happen), that there is as much emptiness and weakness of understanding...

20 October, 2021

My feeling changes, not my judgement. (MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE) | Part A’

Trained, indeed, to consider and live for myself.(Lucretius) Now I find my opinions extremely bold and persistent in condemning my own insufficiency. Indeed, this...

19 October, 2021

The fallacy of the status quo (ROLPH DOBELLI)

I’ve owned an iPhone for several years now. The gadget allows me to customise everything - data usage, app synchronisation, phone encryption, even...

18 October, 2021

Seduction was the great weapon of Alcibiades (ROBERT GREENE)

Early on in his career, the ambitious statesman and general Alcibiades of Athens (450-404 B.C.) fashioned a formidable weapon that became the source...

17 October, 2021