Recently a couple of persons close to me, a man and a woman, confided how overworked and stressed they are. Continue reading Are We Overworked?
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Music and Time’s Passing
SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, AND TIME
There’s hardly a more perplexing topic than time. Continue reading Music and Time’s Passing
Kant On Developing Talents
The philosopher Immanuel Kant famously argued that you ought to develop your talents. In fact, he argued that we have an absolute duty to do so. But is he correct? Continue reading Kant On Developing Talents
Compatibility In Marriage
“Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition.” ~ Alain de Botton Continue reading Compatibility In Marriage
Philosophy, Science, and Religion
In order to more clearly conceptualize Western philosophy’s territory, let’s consider it in relation to two other powerful cultural forces with which it’s intertwined: religion and science. Continue reading Philosophy, Science, and Religion