Submitted by web on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 13:32
British philosopher Alain De Botton discusses the personal implications of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270BCE) who was no epicurean glutton or wanton consumerist,but an advocate of "friends, freedom and thought" as the path to happiness.
Submitted by eros on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 20:35
Montaigne on Self-Esteem looks at the problem of self-esteem from the perspective of Michel de Montaigne (16th Century), the French philosopher who singled out three main reasons for feeling bad about oneself - sexual inadequecy, failure to live up to social norms, and intellectual inferiority - and then offered practical solutions for overcoming them.
Submitted by eros on Sat, 11/01/2014 - 21:28
Seneca refused to see anger as something over which we have no control. Instead he saw it as a philosophical problem amenable to treatment.
Submitted by eros on Sat, 10/18/2014 - 00:14
Why do so many people go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what they truly believe? Partly because they are too easily swayed by other people's opinions and partly because they don't know when to have confidence in their own.
