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Feb
Alain de Botton on a New Priesthood: Psychotherapists
For centuries in the West, there was a figure in society who
fulfilled a function that is likely to sound very odd to
modern secular ears. He (there were no she's in the role)
didn't sell you anything or fulfill any material need,...
24
Feb
Feb
Socrates on Love by Bettany Hughes
Plato’s Symposium takes place in a dining room in a back
street of Athens, a place where conversation is a factory
for beautiful ideas, ideas of beauty, beautiful things. Even
the silences sparkle.
At this dinner party, set more than 2,400 years ago, Love...
21
Feb
Feb
Charles Fernyhough Asks Does Neuroscience Change The Way We Understand Ourselves?
Brain science is everywhere. The 'neuro-' prefix has been
used to jazz up approaches to self-help, ethics, aesthetics,
marketing, economics, even parenting. These days, you don't
only have to look after your offspring as a developing
person; you have to look after your baby's...
20
Feb
Feb
Chris Johnstone on TheThree Stories of Our Time
In any great adventure, there are always obstacles in the
way. The first hurdle is just to be aware that we, as a
civilization and as a species, are facing a crisis point.
When looking at the mainstream of our society, and the
priorities...
14
Feb
Feb
Goodbye Valentine's Day, Make Way for Generosity Day
The Generosity Revolution are rebooting Valentine's Day as
Generosity Day: one day of sharing love with everyone, of
being generous to everyone, to see how it feels and to
practice saying "Yes." Let's make the day about love, action
and human connection -- because...
10
Feb
Feb
Alain de Botton on Scheduling in the Sublime
Most of us are painfully aware of, and sad about, how highly
structured our time is. Anyone in employment or with
children to look after knows just how many appointments
litter the diary. The weeks are filled with engagements:
finance meetings, tax inspections, deliveries,...
03
Feb
Feb
F.S.Michaels on The Wisdom of the Moment
A.C. Grayling's *The Good Book: A Humanist Bible *is a
compilation of Western and Eastern insight from thought and
literature that's derived from over a thousand texts. It
collects our best musings about what it means to be human
from hundreds of authors who...
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