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Epicurus’s Principal Doctrines: 40 Aphorisms for Living Well

Only fragments of ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus’s writings remain. Among them are his Principal Doctrines: 40 brilliant, authoritative aphorisms that summarize the Epicurean approach to living a good life.

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and There’s No One Around to Hear It, Does It Make a Sound?

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Eternal Recurrence: What Did Nietzsche Really Mean?

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David Deutsch On Why It’s False to Say Our Lives Don’t Matter

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Übermensch Explained: the Meaning of Nietzsche’s ‘Superman’

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Solipsism Definition: Your Mind Is the Only Thing that Exists

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Why Children Make Great Philosophers: Interview with Scott Hershovitz

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Nietzsche Quotes: 97 of his Cleverest Statements

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A Defense of the Unmodified Body: Clare Chambers Interview

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God is Dead: Nietzsche’s Most Famous Statement Explained

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The Good Life Method: Interview with Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko

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Epicurus On Why Death Should Not Concern Us

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Metaphysics: What Is It? Why Is It Important Today?

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Socratic Method: What Is It and How Can You Use It?

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Seneca On Coping with the Shortness of Life

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Mind Chat’s Philip Goff and Keith Frankish On Why We Are Conscious

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What is Existentialism? 3 Core Principles of Existentialist Philosophy

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George Berkeley’s Subjective Idealism: The World Is In Our Minds

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John Locke’s Empiricism: Why We Are All Tabula Rasas (Blank Slates)

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Why You Should Care About Philosophy: Jonny Thomson Interview

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Is the World Around Us ‘Real’?

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Why Does Anything Exist?

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Socrates and the Socratic Paradox: I Know That I Know Nothing

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I Think Therefore I Am: Descartes’ Cogito Ergo Sum Explained

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Why Death is Nothing to Fear: Lucretius and Epicureanism

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Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil

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Thomas Nagel On Why Humor is the Best Response to Life's Absurdity

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Kierkegaard On Why Busy People Are Ridiculous

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Why ‘Zombies’ Cause Problems for Brain Science and Consciousness

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What Happens When Machines Become Smarter than People?

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Bertrand Russell On Why Philosophy Matters

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What is Consciousness?

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Where Do Morals Come From?

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How the Languages We Speak Shape Our Realities

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Why You Probably Don't Have Free Will

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Albert Camus on Coping with Life's Absurdity

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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?

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Dancing with Nietzsche's Perspectivism

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