In this article I will list the top 5 most encouraging philosophers, based on the extend in which they succeed in encouraging us that there is value and meaning to life and that we can make something of our existence on earth…
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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.
Top 5 Scariest Philosophers (of all Time)
Philosophers often try to come up with answers to some of the most important questions. Such as: what is the meaning of life and what…
leo Tolstoy- Resurrection – Four Important Life-Lessons
Resurrection was the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy. It is not as famous as War and Peace or Anna Karenina, however, in my opinion…
Ernest Becker & Joseph Campbell -Man’s Tragic Destiny
According to Ernest Becker modern man finds himself in a problematic situation. It can be argued that we have become too ‘smart’ or that our societies have become too…
Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Karamazov Brothers; The Grand Inquisitor
The story of The Grand Inquisitor is set in Sevilla, in Spain, in the sixteenth century during the Spanish Inquisition. In the poem Christ appears on the stage suddenly…
How to Read more Difficult Books; 5 Useful Tips
A lot of the most interesting information out there is often hidden in some of the most difficult books to read. Somehow some of the…
Analysis of the Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is a book written in 1942 by the French author and philosopher Albert Camus. Despite its small size (only 134 pages), it is full of interesting ideas…
