Know yourself

It’s not wrong to say that, knowing oneself has become a difficult task.In a world where doing something constantly is seen as productive, it becomes important for us to understand what matters and what not. We are bombarded with information everywhere we go. Information is supplied to us,  which may not be important. But the fear of missing out information has lead us to take everything and this in turn turned us into 24*7 exhaust machine.It becomes necessary for us to understand...

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Stoicism - The best way to live

Most people suffer more than necessary due to their inability to control their thoughts. But uncommon is the individual who takes concerted steps to correct of this deficiency, who strives in other words to master their inner discourse.  When we find ourselves in a difficult period in our life we tend to look outward, we blame our discontent on other people, the state of society or a lack of wealth social status power or fame; but while there is no denying that the external...

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The mask we all wear

All the world’s a stage; And all the men and women merely players - Shakespeare  In this theoretical quality of life is nowhere more obvious than in the social world. We all know that in this world we never reveal our true selves.  What we are is the product of our genes, environment and the interaction of the two, but what we are in the public is only a side of this totality.  From very early in life, we learn to present only our traits of character which give us social...

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Solitude

The fear of finding oneself alone, that is what they suffer from and so they don’t find themselves at all - Andre Gide  Human beings are social by nature and unfit to endure extreme cases of isolation. If we are alone for too long our mental faculty can degrade leading to states of insanity and deep despair.  The use of solitary confinement has historical roots, indicating that people have long understood just how deeply the fear of isolation runs through our veins....

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Propaganda

The American Historian Howard Zinn wrote - If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. In this day and age we are exposed to lots of amount of propaganda some of which is used for the purpose of manipulating us into thinking and acting in ways which only furthers the interest of small minorities. Propaganda...

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Dialectic Materialism

Dialectic materialism is a philosophy associated with Karl Marx. Marx was a German revolutionarist, who is famous for the concept of communism. We know Marx as an economist, but before that he was a philosopher. He believed that all that exists in the universe is matter and that matter is constantly in state of motion. In order to know what this theory of dialectic materialism is, we first try to understand these words, "dialectic" and "materialism" separately. Marx...

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Slavery

The human history is very much a history of control of power. And to control this power, humans have done many immoral things. Many so called leaders have come, who have tried to create a scenario of dominance. The history tells us that it was full of human enslavement. In authoritarian regimes, it is common to say that the masses are purely victims, in their enslavement unable to mount any any form of resistance due to the threat and force imposed by those in power.  All...

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Epicurus and his theory on pleasure

Epicurus was a Greek philosopher born in 341 BCE. He is the founding father of a popular school, known as Epicureanism.  To understand the theory of Epicurus, we need to know what ethics mean. Ethics is a branch of philosophy whose main subject matter is the examination of moral values and value judgements. Judgements concerning what is good or bad or judgement about what morally ought or ought not to be. Since naturally we attempt to strive for what is...

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Existentialism

Man has always been in search of answers that would lessen the burden of suffering. One such question is, the purpose of human beings in this universe. One philosophical term has been dominating in this sphere, known as "Existentialism". Existentialism is not easy to define, as various thinkers have different views on it. What we know is, that it is not a philosophical system, but could be said as a philosophical movement. Soren kierkegard and Friedrich Nietzsche,...

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Religion

Religion has played a very significant role in the civilisation of human beings. It is a very diverse, controversial and debatable topic.  When we talk about religion, we often have an idea of religion in the sense of major or organized forms of religion. It must be realized that these organized forms of religions are but a part of a larger concept.  Till today there have been thousand of religions by small groups of people. And even personal religions with...

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