Category: Essays
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Lessons learned from an examined life – Part 1
In Plato’s Apology, which is a recollection of speeches of Socrates at his trial, he quotes Socrates for having said: ὁ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ Vita nec scrutata vita nequam est. “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates would have much rather given up his life than given up philosophy – and his…
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9 Lessons To My Son in Respecting and Treating Women
Random Acts of Knightness At the time of writing this, I am not a father nor do I know if I will ever have a son. But the world has mistreated, looked down upon, and disrespected woman for centuries and changing that is the duty of men, especially fathers. This is a few lessons to…
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HELL YES! or No: A Simple Decision Hack for a Happier Life
Making decisions is possibly the hardest thing I ever do. The less decisions I have to make, the happier I find myself. Of course, this does not apply to areas of life where decision making is either a team effort (like relationships), or part of my responsibilities (like career tasks). We have all committed to…
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Why You Should Not Aim for Success and What To Do Instead
We all have goals, dreams, and aspirations. There is always something we hope to achieve that we think will make our lives much better and will help us attain glorious happiness. We tell ourselves stories that if we achieve this one goal – get this one item, get that promotion, drop that pants size –…
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Why I am an Atheist.
Over the last year (as of writing this) I have come to a life-changing conclusion, God (god) most certainly does not exist. I am an atheist. But, like many other non-believers I have no affinity to the label, I do not see why the non-belief in something needs any labelling.
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You are already perfect.
The Japanese have two very beautiful philosophies that have intrigued me lately. Not the kind of ‘intrigued’ one becomes because of knowing something to be weird or absurd, but more because it isn’t.
