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Philosophy on The Culturium

Jan 30 2022

John Zerzan: Silence

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Caspar David Friedrich,
Bohemian Landscape.
Photograph: Public Domain

Inviolable asylum

Written by John Zerzan · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: american, caspar david friedrich, essay, guest post, john zerzan, philosophy, silence

Jul 12 2020

Plotinus: Enneads

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Cesare Maccari, Study of Figure.
Photograph: Public Domain

Perfection realized

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Wisdom · Tagged: enneads, nonfiction, philosophy, plotinus, prose, roman

Apr 26 2020

Marsilio Ficino: Know Thyself

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Perfect Head.
Photograph: Public Domain

Knowledge and reverence of oneself are best of all

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: italian, letters, marsilio ficino, michelangelo buonarroti, nonfiction, philosophy, plato, prose

Jun 24 2017

Seneca: On Tranquillity of Mind

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Vilhelm Hammershøi, Bedroom.
Photograph: [Public Domain] The Athenaeum

The art of stillness

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: essay, nonfiction, on tranquillity of mind, philosophy, prose, roman, seneca, vilhelm hammershøi

Jan 15 2017

Greg Goode: Colin Turbayne and the Myth of Metaphor

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Pieter Claesz, Vanitas.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How language opens to the divine

Written by Greg Goode · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: colin turbayne, george berkeley, greg goode, guest post, idealism, nonfiction, philosophy, prose, spirituality, the myth of metaphor

Oct 07 2016

Michel de Montaigne: On Solitude

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Alphonse Mucha, Woman in the Wilderness.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How seclusion from the active life is the only peaceful way to live

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: alphonse mucha, essay, french, michel eyquem de montaigne, nonfiction, of solitude, philosophy, prose, silence

Jul 15 2016

Marcus Aurelius: Meditations

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Eugene Delacroix, Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How a Roman emperor stirred the hearts and minds of his people

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: essay, marcus aurelius, meditations, nonfiction, philosophy, prose, roman, stoicism

Jun 10 2016

Plato: Phaedrus and the Charioteer

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Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

How the ancients’ love of chariot racing became a metaphor for the human condition

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: ancient greek, ben-hur, nonfiction, phaedrus, philosophy, plato, prose, socrates

May 27 2016

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Meditations of a Solitary Walker

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Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

The joys of the reclusive life

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: autobiography, caspar david friedrich, essay, jean-jacques rousseau, meditations of a solitary walker, nonfiction, philosophy, prose, silence, swiss, travel

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