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We’re in perpetual motion; we can go anywhere, at any time, and the momentum builds. Before long, we’re planning another […]

Love yourself. Believe in yourself. And your dreams will come true. A few decades ago, psychologists began documenting the appearance […]

I have been happy. I hope to be happy again. But I am yet to feel something I’d call “happiness”. […]

In July 1846, the American writer Henry David Thoreau went to prison for refusing to pay his poll tax. He […]

1. What is the biggest threat to our minds? Our minds. 2. What is freedom? Non-compliance and creativity. 3. What […]

Sum yourself up in a couple of words. Users of social media do it to introduce themselves online. “Surfer, father, […]

If I were to ask people around the world what they admire, I am confident that high on the list […]

The original scene: Paris, 1900‚ La Belle Epoque. The city fathers approached a talented psychologist named Alfred Binet with an […]

By Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek I woke up my son Jan (9) for school, as I do every morning. He was […]

Set by Gizmogenes Across     1  Take to be hypothetical (8)     5  Perhaps Carol’s volte-face is secret knowledge (6) […]

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Genís Carreras, a Spanish graphic designer based in London, produced the acclaimed “Philographics” series. 1. What prompted […]

Please answer True or False: 1. During World War I, the Germans ran a factory to boil down the battlefield […]

The path laid out for Australian-born Tim Cope was to go to university, get a job, a career, a house […]

The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which reduce the influx of […]

In the perfect prison, I am bathed in light. I don’t languish in the dark – I am put to […]

Think of the earliest memory you have. For me, it’s looking at the sea through a glass door at about […]

THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM IN ITS MYRIAD FORMS – BE IT FREE WILL, FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, PHYSICAL OR PERSONAL FREEDOM […]

It’s a dismal affair when the faces of people we don’t wish to remember – such as modern-day celebrities – […]

Ideas are powerful things. Even a little one can change the way you look at the world. And the big […]

“Why do it in prison? Well, why do it anywhere? I do it in prison because I was asked, and […]

Think about what usually makes you angry, frustrated, anxious; most likely it has something to do with external events that […]

Every night at 6.00 pm, I want you to sit in a room for half an hour. During that time […]

To the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer, and in part the author, of all that […]

Have you ever wondered why conversations with some people leave you feeling depleted while with others you feel liberated and […]

I have long been intrigued by the claim, attributed to Socrates, that the ‘unexamined life is not worth living’. For […]

The Republic, Plato, Book VII AND now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is […]

EPICTETUS: The Discourses Book One, Chapter 1 Of all the faculties, you will find not one which is capable of […]

Following my recent work on the possibilities of radical democracy, but most of all, in light of the historical demand […]

Following in the footsteps of Marc Sautet’s café philosophique – which was set up in 1992 and is widely credited […]

I really shouldn’t let myself watch Q&A. Don’t get me wrong, the ABC’s flagship weekly panel show is usually compelling […]