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Studying courage doesn’t make you courageous
I love reading books by doers; that’s why I love reading books like Meditations by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and it’s why I also like to read Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, who was one of the wealthiest and most erudite people in ancient Rome. A few years ago, I used to read…
Is it irrational to believe in God?
No, absolutely not. What is irrational is to not believe in God. Because for millennia, humans have believed in god and we all have the need to believe in something. Religion (and I can only speak for Christianity) provides a teleological end for our lives, that is to say, a meaning. Teleological comes from the…
Life is about symmetry
Symmetry is synonymous with justice, and asymmetry is synonymous with injustice. For example, when one person does the heavy lifting in friendships while the other person does nothing, this is an asymmetry and the friendship will not last (unless one person is an idiot), whereas if the relationship is built on mutual appreciation, fairness and…
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