Type of book: Post-apocalyptic novel, philosophical novel, survival story Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a bleak, yet profoundly moving story set in a post-apocalyptic world…
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Category: Existentialism
“Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.” Kierkegaard’s line hits hard, doesn’t it? It’s like he’s saying, “Look, until…
Skepticism is one of my favorite philosophical fields of study, probably because it reminds me of a curious three-year-old with an endless stream of “whys.”…
Let’s talk about being. You know, existence. That thing we wake up every day to face with coffee in hand and half-baked existential dread. Now,…
We’ve all spent more time than necessary thinking about everything that’s wrong with the world. From global catastrophes to personal insecurities, it’s easy to fall…
If you’ve ever wanted to hang out with a philosopher who managed to be both mind-bendingly abstract while also stubbornly logical, allow me to introduce…
Ever wonder why you suddenly feel the need to buy those trendy shoes everyone at the PTA meeting is wearing? Or why your mood takes…
“Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman—a rope over an abyss.” —Friedrich Nietzsche Today’s thought prompt is a heavy one, and that’s just…
Picture this: you’re sitting in the middle of a forest, a meadow, the woods, or even just your back deck. The sun is warm, birds…
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want.…