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Philosophy in plain words

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01
PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Cave
The School of Life
Plato in a single image, and the argument it is standing in for. Begin here.
02
PHILOSOPHY - The Stoics
The School of Life
What the Stoics actually claimed, before the internet got hold of them.
03
PHILOSOPHY - Augustine
The School of Life
Augustine on why people knowingly act against their own interests.
04
Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
The School of Life
A book written while awaiting execution, on luck and what it can take.
05
SOCIOLOGY - Alexis De Tocqueville
The School of Life
Tocqueville on why more equality can come with more anxiety.
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How to Overcome Yourself | Nietzsche’s Superman
Einzelgänger
Nietzsche on self-overcoming, without the gym-poster reading.
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Nihilism: Embracing the Void of Existence
Einzelgänger
Nihilism stated properly, and the responses to it.
08
Philosophy For A Quiet Mind
Einzelgänger
Older ideas about mental quiet, applied to a noisy present.
09
The Taoist Cure for a Crowded, Stressful Mind
Einzelgänger
Taoist thinking on effort, and doing less on purpose.
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Why a Hut Won’t Make You Happy... (The Unsettling Philosophy of Hōjōki)
Einzelgänger
A medieval Japanese hermit on why escaping is not the answer either.