Life Change and Destiny (FREE article)
Watch what your wish for! Watch your thinking and you’ll start understanding how big your role is in determining your destiny.
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Exploring the Writing Craft (2)
I think I should ask myself the right questions, those which will help me to define my writer identity, my goal and business strategy. I think that it will be greatly helpful to ask myself questions like these:
– Why did you always want to write?
– What kind of writer are you?
– Who do you want to write for?
Exploring the Writing Craft
Ultimately, we establish some reality when we write, we build like any other craftsman does when they make or create a new product: they use existing elements to objectify something which was only in their mind. Doing is actually an act of knowledge, and writing is doing; furthermore, when it is done with knowledge of the art and when there a soul in it, then it goes beyond matter.
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Do you remember the fundamental rule of Stoicism? You must be able to separate what depends on you from what does not depend on you; what you can control from what you cannot control. “Some things are up to us, some are not.”
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Consumerism: The Addiction of the Collective
Unnecessary consumerism is something that we as a society are indisputably guilty of. For most, the high that comes with placing a spontaneous online order is unmatched. The feeling of admiring your purchases after a tiresome but worthwhile day of shopping is one of ecstasy. Many people are no strangers to having a ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ moment, or partaking in some retail therapy – but when do these moments of pleasure become addictions? Are we victims of the drug that is consumerism? There’s an undeniable truth to the term ‘retail therapy’. Shopping provides us with comfort. Due to the
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One way to benefit from Philosophy is to meditate on specific short texts. You can do this alone or with… You must be logged in to view this content.
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By Maurizio Bisogno, 2021 Sitting on the window seal and smoking a cigarette, Alexander thought that if he hadn’t smiled at Sylvia so many times now he would not have to choose between her and Francisca. Although the dilemma was all his own, he now was facing the possibility of affecting someone else life positively or by creating new troubles. Sylvia, a light blond and attractive woman, well in her thirties seemed to be showing a new path, like a new turning point in Alexander’s life. Having achieved recently at least two intellectual victories, as she just got her PhD
Continue readingThe Theory of the Soul in Aristotle
By Maurizio Bisogno The philosophical psychology of Aristotle. Treaty on the nature of the soul. According to Aristotle the soul… To read this post you must be a REGULAR subscriber, with a paid subscription.Click here to register.https://mauriziobisogno.com/register-3/
Continue readingA Stoic in Time of Epidemic
What is an indifferent? For the stoic it is worth taking care of his own health but only as an… You must be logged in to view this content.
Continue readingDaily Meditation – One Universe, One Stock
When we consider a series of things, the consequent things match perfectly the previous ones. The connection between the two groups of things is a rational and wonderful relationship. The stress is here is on the rational connection which reflects the harmony in which ALL things stand together: a simple sequence is different from a rational order. As the universal order, so the small series of things that happen in our life are rationally connected.
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