by Ric Vatner | May 9, 2023 | Bullying and Discrimination, Featured Post, Life - Confronting Life's Challenges, Moral Dilemmas, Philosophy in Daily Life, Western Philosophy
Have you ever had a problem with bullies or a bully? I tend to associate bullies with school, because that was where I first met them, but some people meet them in the army, at work, in a volunteer organisation or even at home. In fact, you can meet them everywhere...
by Ric Vatner | Oct 4, 2010 | Featured Post, Nietzsche, Philosophy in Daily Life, The Man – A Philosophical Novel, Western Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche Chapter 3 of The Man draws strongly on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, certainly one of the greatest philosophical writers of the nineteenth century and one of my personal favourites. So before I embark on the analysis of chapter 3 I thought...
by Ric Vatner | Sep 1, 2010 | Breaking Up, Featured Post, Love and Relationship, The Man – A Philosophical Novel, Western Philosophy
Updated March 28 2023 I received the following question in the comments section of the article entitled “The Philosophy of Breaking Up” and I felt it deserved a more prominent and considered reply. However, I am acutely aware of my own shortcomings in some aspects of...
by Ric Vatner | Apr 1, 2010 | Chinese Philosophy, Featured Post, Western Philosophy
The History of the Philosophy of Moral Action in Ancient China People often say that the great Eastern Texts; by which they generally mean, the Analects of Confucius, The Tao Te Ching and Buddhist texts, are not really philosophy but something else, such as religion...
