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Philosophize This! - Episode #086 ... Sartre and Camus pt. 1 - Freedom

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Now, Plato and Aristotle believed that there is an essence to every object including you guessed it human beings even you This essence is whatever makes you you If it was taken away from you you be someone or something else Now this essence is typically... See more

Note-taking Lessons From America’s Greatest Biographer

As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal), he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path... See more

People derive a lot more happiness from high-skill activities that require learning than they do from low-skill ones that don’t, yet we typically settle for the latter. In other words, you will probably be much happier reading about philosophy or science than you will if you just scroll social media—so why are you still scrolling? The obvious... See more