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The Life House
The School of Life is a global organisation committed to emotional education. Our headquarters are in some of the world’s major urban centres: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Seoul, Istanbul… But...
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Easter for Atheists
Perhaps the most boring question one can ever direct at a religion is to ask whether or not it is ‘true’. Of course (this publication believes), none of its supernatural claims can ever be ‘true’ – but...
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What Is the Point of the Humanities?
We have a general sense that the humanities are filled with things that are deeply important. But what exactly are they for? The humanities are a repository of useful and consoling ideas that can help...
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The Serious Business of Clothes
Once we were all dressed by someone else. Parents picked out a T-shirt; the school dictated what colour our trousers should be. But, at some point, we were granted the opportunity to discover who we...
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What Comes After Religion?
Fewer and fewer people believe nowadays. It’s possible that in a generation there simply won’t be religion across Europe and large sections of North America, Australia and Asia. That’s not necessarily...
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On Aphorisms
Aphorisms are short sentences capturing a large truth in a pithy way. Here are some of the world’s finest. The post On Aphorisms appeared first on The Book of Life.
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Art – the Movies
The great artists have a therapeutic effect on us; re-opening our eyes to the overlooked beauty of the world; helping us to feel less isolated about our sorrows; reminding us of the more hopeful sides...
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Eastern Philosophy was largely unknown in the West until the late eighteenth century. Since then, it has achieved enormous popularity, by virtue of its practical orientation and its devotion to cures...
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Greek Philosophy – the Movies
Philosophy begins in the Ancient World where it is immediately thought of as a highly practical discipline close to what we would nowadays think of as psychotherapy. One goes to see a philosopher to...
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Psychotherapy is possibly the greatest invention of the 20th century. Here are 5 of the most interesting and valuable thinkers in the field: The post Psychotherapy – the Movies appeared first on The...
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Political Theory – the Movies
Political theorists are not interested in politics in the way it’s defined by news organisations; they don’t care about a specific bill going through parliament or the scandal surrounding a trade...
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Sociology is the academic study of social behaviour, particularly around work, love, class and status. It is – if you like – a form of very deep journalism. Like journalism, sociologists are interested...
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History of Ideas – the Movies
If you had the misfortune to do too much of it at school, you’ll probably remember one thing about history: just how boring it can be. You might harbour painful memories of the 100 Years War, the War...
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From a distance, it seems weird, irrelevant, boring and yet also – just a little – intriguing. But it’s hard to put a finger on what the interest really is. What are philosophers? What do they do? And...
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Lego – the Movies
Lego is a surprisingly useful medium for getting big ideas across: 1. Lego ‘Philosophy’ 2. Finding the ‘right’ one 3. No one is normal 4. Keeping going 5. Why we love disaster news 6. Memento mori...
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Cultural Mining
Cultural mining describes the process by which the most valuable parts of culture – by which we mean the arts, humanities and philosophy – are recovered and made useful for our own times. In cultural...
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The School of Life: What We Believe
The School of Life is a global organisation with a simple mission in mind: to increase the amount of Emotional Intelligence in circulation. We are seeking more emotionally intelligent kinds of: –...
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Why Stoicism Continues to Matter
Stoicism is a philosophical school born in Ancient Greece and later dominant in Ancient Rome which continues to have urgent things to teach us about calm, resilience and emotional stability. Arguably...
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Why Philosophy Should Become More Like Pop Music
When pop music started in a big way in the 1960s, it seemed at times like an especially silly medium, favoured by hormonal school girls and connected up with delinquent and tediously bizarre behaviour....
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The Value of Reading Things We Disagree with
Reading has always had a central and prestigious place in our understanding of how we can develop our minds. The more we read, we’re told, the cleverer we stand to be. We need to read because we can’t...
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