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- The Paradox of Bullying: How It Shapes Our World for Better and Worse
Is Bullying ingrained in our DNA? Some say it is human nature and there is nothing we can do about it. Don’t you believe it! You can fight back. Find out how! - What Will Your Legacy Be?
We humans learn new things everyday but sometimes I think we forget them twice as fast.
- The Paradox of Bullying: How It Shapes Our World for Better and Worse
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- The Philosophy of Breaking Up
I feel sad, the beautiful story just started but ended. The most painful part is the misunderstanding between us. - Is It Right or An Injustice to Love Someone Who Loves Another Person?
When a question bears within it the seed of so much pain, I am loath to answer it lightly for fear of causing more distress.
- The Philosophy of Breaking Up
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- Family, Work and Romantic Relationships
- The Philosophy of Breaking Up
I feel sad, the beautiful story just started but ended. The most painful part is the misunderstanding between us. - The Paradox of Bullying: How It Shapes Our World for Better and Worse
Is Bullying ingrained in our DNA? Some say it is human nature and there is nothing we can do about it. Don’t you believe it! You can fight back. Find out how!
- The Philosophy of Breaking Up
- Loneliness and Personal Reflection
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- Have You Ever Wanted to Just Disappear?
I decided to stay the night and found a cheap old motel. It was comfortable but short on power points, so you had to choose between having the TV on or the fridge. I watched the local TV for about 5 minutes and decided the fridge was more interesting. - I Don’t Want to Be Lonely Anymore! – Part 1
Most of all, the loneliness got him down. The feeling that there was no one to share his life with, no one who cared if he was sad or happy, no one to kiss, no one to cuddle and hold tight.
- Have You Ever Wanted to Just Disappear?
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- Developing Self-Awareness How to be your best self.
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- Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched
This is not a biography; It is more a snap shot about one aspect of his life that has not been covered in detail and yet it was a major driving force in Nietzsche’s writing. - Is It Right or An Injustice to Love Someone Who Loves Another Person?
When a question bears within it the seed of so much pain, I am loath to answer it lightly for fear of causing more distress. - Have You Ever Wanted to Just Disappear?
I decided to stay the night and found a cheap old motel. It was comfortable but short on power points, so you had to choose between having the TV on or the fridge. I watched the local TV for about 5 minutes and decided the fridge was more interesting.
- Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched
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- I Don’t Want to Be Lonely Anymore! – Part 1
Most of all, the loneliness got him down. The feeling that there was no one to share his life with, no one who cared if he was sad or happy, no one to kiss, no one to cuddle and hold tight. - I Don’t Want to Be Lonely anymore – Part 2
“Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation”.
- I Don’t Want to Be Lonely Anymore! – Part 1
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- Personal Growth Strategies & self-improvement tips
- Western Philosophy
- Applying the knowledge of the Great Philosophers to Modern Day Life
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- Philosophy at the Kitchen Sink – Part 1
Some people believe everything that exists, or happens, does so because something happened before to cause that something to happen. But, some people disagree and that caused them to argue. Oh! - Philosophy at the Kitchen Sink – Part 2
If there’s anything that philosophy teaches us above all other things, it is that this world is definitely not the way it seems - Philosophy at the Kitchen Sink – Part 3
Academic Philosophy has given us the vast treasure of historical thought, theories and concepts that contributed to almost every advance. The problem occurs when academics don’t talk to ordinary people like us.
- Philosophy at the Kitchen Sink – Part 1
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- The Philosophy of Change
If every single molecule in the human body, every atom in every cell, is replaced by different ones every few years or so, are you really the same person? - The Night-Song by Friedrich Nietzsche
One thing that characterizes Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the excessive and grandiose manner in which it is written. One can feel the depths of Nietzsche’s depression and the inevitable euphoria that usually follows it in this poem from the book.
- The Philosophy of Change
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- Among the Daughters of the Desert
Is this poem by Nietzsche a barely disguised recollection of a visit to a brothel? - Why Chinese Philosophy is Misunderstood in the West
From their earliest contact with the Orient, Western philosophers have had little understanding of the philosophical traditions of China. - Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched
Nietzsche suffered from debilitating headaches and bouts of depression and euphoria all his life. He had many women friends but never married or had a mistress. He wasn’t gay but he wasn’t happy. Find out why?
- Among the Daughters of the Desert
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- Understanding Morality and Ethics and how they apply to you
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- Confucius on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 1
The Analects and the Tao Te Ching are the two most translated Ancient Chinese texts and have been read by more people than the Bible. But What do Confucians think about Moral Action? - The Confucian Philosophy of Moral Action – Part 2
Mencius said “Human Nature is good and the reason we become bad is that we forget our own heart.” Discover his Four Sprouts of Human Nature theory. - Xun Zi on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 3
Xun Zi disagrees with Mencius. He says: There is No Moral Action Only Fear of Consequences. Often interpreted as: There is no moral action there are just potential choices, and each has its consequences.
- Confucius on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 1
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- The Great Chocolate Rip Off – A Parable
I wrote this during the bank crisis in 2009 to illustrate the greed that caused the GFC, But has anything changed? - The Paradox of Bullying: How It Shapes Our World for Better and Worse
Is Bullying ingrained in our DNA? Some say it is human nature and there is nothing we can do about it. Don’t you believe it! You can fight back. Find out how! - Is It Right or An Injustice to Love Someone Who Loves Another Person?
When a question bears within it the seed of so much pain, I am loath to answer it lightly for fear of causing more distress.
- The Great Chocolate Rip Off – A Parable
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- Confronting the Future-Part 1
The answer to the question "Can Man create life? is in and it is Yes! Sure at the moment it is only synthetic life, but in time...? - Confronting the Future-Part 2
If man creates a human the big question is "Should we?" And if we do, does that make us God to the life we create?
- Confronting the Future-Part 1
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- Applying the knowledge of the Great Philosophers to Modern Day Life
- Eastern Philosophy
- Applying the knowledge of Eastern Philosophy to Modern Day Life
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- Confucius on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 1
The Analects and the Tao Te Ching are the two most translated Ancient Chinese texts and have been read by more people than the Bible. But What do Confucians think about Moral Action? - The Confucian Philosophy of Moral Action – Part 2
Mencius said “Human Nature is good and the reason we become bad is that we forget our own heart.” Discover his Four Sprouts of Human Nature theory
- Confucius on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 1
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- Xun Zi on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 3
Xun Zi disagrees with Mencius. He says: There is No Moral Action Only Fear of Consequences. Often interpreted as: There is no moral action there are just potential choices, and each has its consequences. - Why Chinese Philosophy is Misunderstood in the West
Chinese philosophy already stretched back at least two thousand years when Confucius was alive 2,500 years ago. But it was almost impossible to read and translate.
- Xun Zi on Moral Action and Human Nature – Part 3
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- Applying the knowledge of Eastern Philosophy to Modern Day Life
- Science & Philosophy
- Science grew out of Philosophy but now we need Philosophy to understand and guide Science
- Should Research Laboratories be in Space or on Earth?
There is the possibility that scientists may “recover” DNA molecules that could have beneficial uses but if one is discovered that is lethal to humans would governments or terrorists be tempted to cultivate it for use as a deadly “weapon” - Confronting the Future-Part 1
The answer to the question "Can Man create life? is in and it is Yes! Sure at the moment it is only synthetic life, but in time...? - Confronting the Future-Part 2
If man creates a human the big question is "Should we?" And if we do, does that make us God to the life we create?
- Should Research Laboratories be in Space or on Earth?
- Science grew out of Philosophy but now we need Philosophy to understand and guide Science
- Politics & Society
- Philosophy can help us make sense of Politics and Society but who is listening?
- The Great Chocolate Rip Off – A Parable
I wrote this during the bank crisis in 2009 to illustrate the greed that caused the GFC, But has anything changed? - How You Can Change the Future Part 1
Convention tells us to believe that what everyone believes is right. To trust in the accepted conventions makes the world run smother. Socrates said we should question every convention, every “norm”, every accepted “rule of common sense” - How You Can Change the Future Part 2
If you question every convention you risk being ostracised, like Socrates was. What do you do? The Right way to Question conventions.
- The Great Chocolate Rip Off – A Parable
- Philosophy can help us make sense of Politics and Society but who is listening?
- Religion & Spirituality
- The Man – A Novel
- The Man a Philosophical Novel
- The Man – Chapter 1 The Town
Everything he believed is in tatters. Is he running away or in search of the true meaning of life? Is that even a thing? Is it the same thing for everyone or is it personal? - The Man – Chapter 2 Jail
“It’s a shit world. If you don’t take what you can get, you don’t deserve it” that was her considered opinion. - The Man - Chapter 3 The Aboriginal Settlement
Looking, but long ago resigned to not seeing, she had abandoned desire and with that began the inevitable decline that ended with the loss of all hope. For her there was no joy in existence, all she had now was her little Anna, and she was losing her ounce by ounce.
- The Man – Chapter 1 The Town
- Analysing the Philosophy behind the Novel - The Man
- An Analysis of The Man Chapter 1
The reaction to “The Man” chapter 1 has been interesting and immediate. So I thought it might be worthwhile for our readers if we discuss some of the issues here - Pre Analysis Background Information for The Man Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of The Man draws strongly on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. So before I embark on the analysis of chapter 3 I thought it would be a good idea to introduce you to Nietzsche. - A Reader’s Review of The Man Chapter 1
I thought I would just make a few philosophical remarks about your analysis of chapter 1. - A Reader’s Review of The Man Chapter 3
What I want to talk about is a concept called “the fourth wall” ” the fourth wall” is a very famous rule in art and literature. - An Analysis of The Man Chapter 2
We live in a world that is overcrowded and yet we live alone. I don’t mean that we live on our own I mean we feel we are on our own. This is what troubles our minds and hurts our hearts. It has been called the human condition.
- An Analysis of The Man Chapter 1
- The Man Trivia
- The Man a Philosophical Novel
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I would like to take this opportunity, while I am talking about comments to discuss our comment policy. First it should be obvious to most readers that we regard the comments as an important part of this blog. - Shadow in the Flame is Back
A personal message from the Editor to you - Is Philosophy Useful in Modern Times?
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