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Stop Being Nice All the Time
Nearly all of us wish to be known as 'nice' people. Yet our happiness may depend on a willingness to be — at points — strategically selfish. Enjoyin…
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The True Reason We Toil So Much
We work as we do because – of course – we need to; because nothing is cheap, because the bills are incessant; because of all the good and wise and se…
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LITERATURE - Fyodor Dostoevskii
The Russian 19th century novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky deserves our attention for the austerity and pessimism of his vision – from which we can neverth…
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POLITICAL DOCTRINE - Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes believed that it is always better to have security rather than liberty in a country. He was therefore deeply opposed to the English Civ…
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Who Am I?
What is it that makes us most distinctively ourselves? Our bodies, our memories, our values...? Take a tour through the philosophy of personal identi…
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LITERATURE - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson taught us about the presence of nature and something a little divine inside all of us. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full acc…
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The Three Steps to Making Someone Fall in Love With You
Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ This film explores the three non-negotiable psychological ing…
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Do This When Your Battery Is Depleted
Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and mo…
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How to Tell When You've Found a Great Partner
Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Want to know your partner's true character? This film explor…
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Why It Really Is All About Your Formative Years
The founding principle of modern psychotherapy - that it is all to do with one’s childhood - can sound especially irritating. Why should we be foreve…
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