By Martin Butler. (From 3 Quarks Daily; reprinted with permission.)
The expression ‘Live your best life’ is very much in vogue. It appears more than 3 million times in Instagram posts, which are no doubt full of pictures of smiling attractive 20-somethings completing amazing sporting feats, strolling along glorious beaches or doing exciting things in exotic places. Continue reading Living Your Best Life?
In Voltaire’s story the Brahman is “a very wise man, of marked intellect and great learning” who lives with his companions in a beautifully decorated home with “charming gardens attached.” Nearby lives “a narrow-minded old Indian woman: she was a simpleton, and rather poor.” Continue reading Summary of Voltaire’s “The Good Braham”
by John Danaher
I think I might be a bit of stoic. It’s not that I agree with stoic metaphysics or logic — I actually know very little about those things — but if asked about my general attitude toward life, I would describe it as being stoic. Continue reading Is A Longer Life A Happier Life? Stoicism and Happiness
I recently remarked on re-reading Russell’s classic, The Conquest of Happiness. In the meantime I’ve discovered a number of quotable gems in the book. Here are a quote or two from each chapter. Continue reading Quotes From Russell’s “The Conquest of Happiness”
In the waiting room at the doctor’s office this morning I was reading Bertrand Russell’s 1930 classic, The Conquest of Happiness, a book I first read almost 50 years ago. (I’m still old school, I take a book to the doctor’s since I don’t have a smart phone!) Continue reading Do Science and Philosophy Lead To Unhappiness?