Tag: Reflection
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The Absurdity of Being a Living Body (Flesh by David Szalay)
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It’s one of those books that, once I started reading, I couldn’t put down. And even if I managed to put it down, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I…
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On Keeping a Reading Journal
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I’ve been reading a lot lately. At least one book a week. Most of the books I’m reading are based off of a never-ending list; books that someone recommended to…
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Seriously, What’s Your Problem?
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While I was living in Portugal some years ago, I once took a day trip to the Douro Valley, where on dry hills grow the famous Port wine grapes. The…
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Escaping the Accomplishment Trap
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in PhilosophyWhen I was seventeen years old and clueless about what I wanted to do with my life, I attended a job fair, where I stumbled upon a stand advertising a…
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You Don’t Have to
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A few months ago, I signed up for a seminar on existentialist philosophy. Because the existentialists were part of the reason I’d decided to study philosophy in the first place,…
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A New Mental Operating System: 7 Lessons From ‘Siddhartha’ by Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse was a new operating system for my mind. Despite the book’s age (100 years) and brevity (152 pages), it was one of these rare cases of literature…