Viktor Frankl and the search for meaning
After the Second World War, a psychiatrist who had lost almost his whole family in the camps wrote a book about what keeps people alive. It is still read by millions.
Wisdom
Philosophy, thinkers and the lessons that have stood the test of centuries.
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: an emperor’s notebook that was not written for us
The most powerful man in the Roman world kept notes to himself: how to be patient, just and calm. Two thousand years later, they are still read every day.
Socrates and the unexamined life: the philosopher who wrote not a single line
Socrates left no books. We know him from those who heard him. Yet one sentence of his, spoken before his judges, remains one of the most quoted in philosophy.
We become what we do: Aristotle on habit and character
"We become just by doing just acts." For Aristotle, character is not something we are born with but something we build every day.
Seneca on time: "It is not that we have little time, but that we waste much"
Seneca complained about people who scatter their time without noticing. His questions are more relevant than ever.
What is up to us: the first lesson of Epictetus
"Some things are up to us, others are not." With this sentence begins the Handbook of Epictetus, one of the most practical books of ancient philosophy.