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POP CULTURE: When and Why We Cry During Movies
We might assume that the moment we cry in films is when something very sad or troubling is occurring. But the truth is rather stranger. We often brea…
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Daddy Issues
We’re used to being rather mean about people who have ‘daddy issues’. We should be more careful and more kind. Daddy issues can lead to the worst kin…
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The Appeal of Coming to Other People's Aid
We might assume that our great longing in relationships would be to be looked after by someone; an exceptionally kind person who could listen to us, …
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Burke on: The Awesome
There's a particular pleasure to be felt in the mighty things of nature: thunderstorms, the stars, vast deserts, oceans, the icecaps. One philosopher…
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The Sexual Dreams of Others
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The Sanity of 'Insanity
There’s so much pressure on us to be always rational, calm and sensible: it’s time also to say a word about the essential normality of a little madne…
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LITERATURE - Goethe
Goethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves o…
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Panic Spells
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What is emotional acuity #animation #theschooloflife #emotionalintelligence
Many of humanity’s greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It i…
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Van Gogh As a Guide to Self-Trust
In 1888, a penniless Dutchman, who would in a few months be committed to an asylum and be dead within two years, sat down in the eastern corner of th…
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