Wrestling with the Almighty
“There are the bones of a very interesting book here. But what Brinkmann presents us with is a diary that reads like the notes for a book he couldn’t find the willpower to write.”
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The winner’s mindset
Aristotle on Positive Mental Attitude and more in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter.
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An honest leader’s farewell
“As Julian Baggini steps down from his role as academic director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, he shuns the usual comforting, ego-boosting valedictory and reckons with his own shortcomings.”
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Fauxthenticity
Our problem is not that we have too much individuality but we have the wrong kind, an ersatz version that leaves us closer to the dystopia of uniformity than we dare to believe.
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The return of the thriftifarian
Haves posing as have nots is a distasteful phenomenon that papers over how unequal British society really is.
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