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African Proverbs to Remember
There’s a belief that philosophy, when properly done, should sound dense, forbidding, a little confusing and take a very long…
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In Praise of Small Chats With Strangers
Small sympathetic chats matter above all because few of us are ever very far from sadness and vicious despondency.
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How to Cope With Bullying
There may well be times and areas where we let ourselves be pushed around to an extent that is awkward for us to see – and that would surprise people who know only our more confident moments.
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Why We Should Listen Rather Than Reassure
The more we listen to the ‘sad’ messages our companions send us, the less hard they will have to push them.
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Self-Knowledge
On Parenting Our Parents
We are so used to imagining that a parent’s role is to help their child with the difficulties of life…
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Six Fundamental Truths of Self-Awareness
Self-awareness might be said to involve a set of fundamental realisations about the relationship between past and present. 1. Who…
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Why We Are Haunted by Ghosts of the Past
We may feel that it is a uniquely Western neurosis, especially one afflicting people who have spent too long in…
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Calm
How to Be Cool the Yoruba Way
Among the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of some 52 million spread between Nigeria, Togo and Benin, one of the…
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Why Most of Us Feel Like Losers
Some of us are continually haunted by a sense that we are losers. Acquaintances may speak well of us. Colleagues…
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Relationships
Our Two Great Fears in Love
Beneath all the turmoil and agitation of relationships, two fundamental anxieties stand out, and help to explain our worst antics…
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Sociability
The Many Faults of Other People
We are, most of us, determined and serious experts in the faults of others: we are remorseless in identifying and…
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One of the More Beautiful Paintings in the World…
Hans Memling was a Flemish 15th century artist (1430 – 1494) who worked mainly in Bruges, painting – as one…
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Self-Knowledge
On Parenting Our Parents
We are so used to imagining that a parent’s role is to help their child with the difficulties of life…
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Self-Knowledge
Six Fundamental Truths of Self-Awareness
Self-awareness might be said to involve a set of fundamental realisations about the relationship between past and present. 1. Who…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Are Haunted by Ghosts of the Past
We may feel that it is a uniquely Western neurosis, especially one afflicting people who have spent too long in…
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Calm
How to Be Cool the Yoruba Way
Among the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of some 52 million spread between Nigeria, Togo and Benin, one of the…
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Self-Knowledge
Why Most of Us Feel Like Losers
Some of us are continually haunted by a sense that we are losers. Acquaintances may speak well of us. Colleagues…
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Relationships
Our Two Great Fears in Love
Beneath all the turmoil and agitation of relationships, two fundamental anxieties stand out, and help to explain our worst antics…
View
Sociability
The Many Faults of Other People
We are, most of us, determined and serious experts in the faults of others: we are remorseless in identifying and…
View
Self-Knowledge
One of the More Beautiful Paintings in the World…
Hans Memling was a Flemish 15th century artist (1430 – 1494) who worked mainly in Bruges, painting – as one…
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