Becoming Who You Are: The Existential Imperative of Self-Discovery So, you’re sitting there, mid-life crisis brewing, staring into the abyss and wondering: “What’s the point…
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Category: Existentialism
October of Nietzsche: Day 1 From Maslow’s Pyramid to Nietzsche’s Ubermensch: Bridging the Gap Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is one of the most straightforward ways…
My monthly project is going to be writing a self-reflective, thoughtful post each day. Through my study of existentialism over the years, Nietzsche has remained…
Ah, duality. The light and dark, the yin and yang, the good and the bad. Humans have been obsessing over this whole “opposites” thing for…
How many messages are we sent each day through the media urging us to prioritize self-care? It has become incredibly commercialized this “caring of the…
Ah, Nietzsche. The master of dropping philosophical mic drops, and this one is no exception: “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be…
Ever wondered where the whole concept of “role models” came from? We love to throw around the term, especially when we’re looking for someone to…
Parmenides’s central idea is that only “what is” truly exists, and he denies the existence of void or nothingness. This means that reality is a…
9.5 My body and mind are banding together to tell me to slow down again. Two hours of sleep amidst a migraine–it’s becoming all too…
Philosophers have debated for centuries whether happiness is the ultimate goal of human life. Aristotle thought so, coining the term eudaimonia, which is often translated…