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An Instruction Manual To Yourself
We don’t need our lovers to be perfect. We need them to warn us of their quirks in good time. We need them to give us an instruction manual to themse…
18 hours ago
The Requirements of Love
When looking at the odder aspects of other people’s and our own behaviour, there is one simple-sounding question we should always keep close to the f…
18 hours ago
Do We Have Free Will or Are We Predetermined?
The question of whether we are fundamentally free or determined in our thoughts and actions has been in the middle of philosophical debate for many c…
19 hours ago
Why Unbeloved People Despise Themselves
What happens to a child who is not loved properly? The answer one might expect is that they start to hate the person who doesn’t give them the love t…
19 hours ago
Philosophical Rumination
At the School of Life, we’ve pioneered a new form of Meditation we call Philosophical Meditation, designed to help with anxiety, sadness and a lack o…
20 hours ago
ART/ARCHITECTURE - Louis Kahn
Could modern architects not learn to work with traditional materials while retaining the forms and the spirit of our own times? This is the question …
20 hours ago
The Impostor Complex
What holds us back from being more confident at work is often a sense that we are fundamentally different from those who succeed. We suffer – needles…
21 hours ago
History as a Remedy for the Present Day
It can seem as if we are living in deeply, uncommonly troubled and crazy times. We should take a measure of consolation from the example of history, …
21 hours ago
Reasons to Keep Death in Mind
It isn’t macabre or nihilistic to think of death. It’s the start of a proper, braver engagement with the possibilities of life. Enjoying our Youtube…
22 hours ago
Excellence at School vs Excellence in Life
Many people who do brilliantly at school turn out not to do so well at life. Why? Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio con…
22 hours ago