“Everything that we now call culture, education and civilization will one day appear before the infallible judge, Dionysus.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, p.95)…
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Apollonian and Dionysian, Socrates as the Supreme Evil
“Let us turn our eyes […] to the highest sphere of the world that flows around us.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, the Birth of Tragedy, p.75) Introduction…
Integrating the Unconscious – The Process of Individuation – Carl Jung
In a previous article I have already discussed the importance of the unconscious. Carl Jung argued that our unconscious is a double-edged sword. On the…
Arthur Schopenhauer – Transcending Our Will
According to Arthur Schopenhauer we mostly go through our lives looking at all the objects in the world only in relation to our will i.e., we look at how far these objects can satisfy our will. This is problematic because…
Joseph Campbell – The Major Importance of Myths
Joseph Campbell observed that myths serve an important role as a bridge to the unconscious. Although myths are not true in the usual way in which the term is used, they are true in a different way.
Carl Jung – The Importance of the Unconscious
Unconscious forces are a double edge sword. On the one hand, if they are not integrated, they will have an overwhelming power over the ego and thereby limit our ‘free will’. On the other…
Four Ways to Improve Your Life – Henry David Thoreau (The Been Stoic) – Walden
In his book Walden Henry David Thoreau shared his philosophical insights and why he disliked society and the materialism that has infected society throughout.
The Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Idea
Previously I have written an article listing the 5 scariest/spookiest philosophers of all time. Arthur Schopenhauer, with his unique, elaborated, but scary philosophy earned a…
Friedrich Nietzsche – The Three Metamorphoses of the Spirit
What do a camel, a child, and a lion have in common? Not so much. They are, however, all three a phase of spiritual transformation…
The Unique Philosophy of Thomas Carlyle
With his book Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle was ahead of his time in a philosophical sense. With his unique philosophy Thomas Carlyle was a pioneer of existentialist philosophy, in the way that he…