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Tag Archives: Kierkegaard
Own Goal
I’m having a jolly football weekend with old friends. But I’m still haunted by Andrew Graham-Dixon’s excellent and dark ‘Art of Germany‘ which I watched in the week. The image of the two bleak works of Caspar David Friedrich he … Continue reading
Strawberry
I’ve discovered ‘Philosophy Now‘ via Kindle. And a find it is too. This month’s edition delves into the Philosophy of Mind which I studied twenty odd years ago. What’s new? Quite a lot. But, also, quite a lot is not. … Continue reading
Five Minutes
What is time? Judging by my day today, five minutes is the difference between happy and sad, frustration, tears, pressure in the chest cavity and making it just in time – or just too late. As Kierkegaard said, the demands … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Tagged 'Ethical Phase', Five Minutes, Happy, Kierkegaard, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Sad, Take a Breath, Unselfish Acts, Unstained Character
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Bonhoeffer
I quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer to a friend the other day. Bonhoeffer stood up to the Nazis and perished for it in a concentration camp. He is celebrated (pictured on the right) as a 20th Century martyr in Westmister Abbey. A … Continue reading
Guilt
I was reminded of one of my own ‘mottos at work’ this week – don’t start with an apology. We often start an encounter by excusing ourselves for things that aren’t really our fault. That, or making an unduly self-deprecating … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Life, Philosophy
Tagged 'Flow', 'Will to Power', Categorical Imperative, Ethical Stage, Guilt, Kant, Kierkegaard, Mill, Nietzsche, Noble Savage, Philosophy, Utilitarianism, Valkeries, Viking Laws
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The Feast
I’ve just started reading some Montaigne. He seems a splendid chap, not least as you can get to know him so well through his 1000+ pages of observations on the profound, trivial and mundane. As Wikipedia has it “Montaigne’s stated … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Life
Tagged Death, Essays, Feast, Gallop, Kierkegaard, Living, Montaigne, Sated Guest, Seneca, Stephen Fry
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Inner Disposition
Twice this week I made myself feel a lot better by acting to adjust my ‘inner disposition’. Before Christmas I read the Stoic Epictetus’s ‘Handbook’. The translator and expert guide Keith Seddon has produced a simple summary of Stoicism in … Continue reading
Posted in Achilles, Aristotle, Life
Tagged Achilles, Anger, Aristotle, Epictetus, Eudaimonia, Fearlessness, In the Moment, Inner Disposition, Keith Seddon, Kierkegaard, Letting Go, Peace of Mind, Ranting, Risk, Serenity, Stoicism
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The Daffodil
The Daffodil, or more classically and correctly the Narcissus, perfectly captures my week. First my daughter. Three years ago when she started school, I sometimes thought of her as a little snowdrop, a tiny beautiful flower, but gently bowed and diffident. … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Culture, Daffodil, Joy, Kierkegaard, Life Balance, Multiculturalism, Narcissus, Spring
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Personas
I’ve had several prompts recently to think about multiple personas. I’ve got a few different ones, and I was wondering the other morning whether this is good, bad or inevitable. First the prompts – and they are an eclectic bunch … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Work
Tagged Aesthetic Stage, Bankrupt, Essence, Ethical Stage, Father, Heteronyms, Identity, Kierkegaard, Life, Overdraft, Personas, Pessoa, Religious Stage, Work
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