Knowing how to draw on boxing and animal defence strategies When we interact with others, we are presented with experiences that could be placed into three categories: positive, neutral or negative. Often we come out of a negative experience affected by a negative experience and invigorated by a positive one. A problem can arise when we repeatedly encounter harmful people…
+Month: June 2020
Set-Aside: The New Contemporary Economic Imperative?
How to apply a centuries-old principle to our lives Fallow land is part of the three-year crop rotation system. Rotation or “soil rotation” was widespread in medieval agricultural cropping systems. The principle was that the land was divided into three parts in order to allow both productivity and soil regeneration. The three pillars of this system were the production of…
+How To Make Your Voice Heard Without Hurting While Providing Valuable Feedback
When it comes to freedom of speech, we are somehow confused because this concept doesn’t imply a clear vision of an underlying idea: the intention. As you know, there are several ways to do harm or do good. Two are visible: our deeds and our word. One is invisible: our thoughts. Whether it’s an action or a word, both are…
+Is There An Animal Nobility?
From the age of bestiaries to the present day The Middle Ages is an interesting period in that it reflects the coexistence of different influences, both pagan and Christian. One of the manifestations of the persistence of pagan influences is the existence of bestiaries, which in themselves constitute a historiographical material. The bestiaries represented works listing the known beasts of…
+Is anonymity the ultimate luxury?
In a world where attention and personal data are captured at every moment, it is worth reflecting on the new paradigms of scarcity. Thus, taking up the adage “what is rare is expensive”, at least in the figurative sense, it is reasonable to ask whether, in this hyper-connected world, anonymity should be seen as the paragon of luxury. Before answering…
+We should feel close to every human being, the same way we feel close to a member of our community
Have you ever felt this warmth in your heart when you realize you’re talking to someone who is part of your community, someone whose background is the same as yours or your family’s? What is this warmth? Is it a tribalist pleasure or relief? Why can we develop such feeling with the whole humanity? Maybe, from time immemorial, we have…
+Eros, Agape, Storgê And Philia
4 keys to understanding lasting couples The philosophical tradition is interesting with regard to the conception of love. For the ancient Greeks, love is an essence that can be expressed in different ways depending on whom it is expressed to. First of all, there would be the eros which corresponds to the carnal love that designates the physical attraction that…
+Think Twice Before Taking Your Own Life…
2 reasons not to kill yourself 1.You Will No Longer Be Able To Change The Course Of Things In The Afterlife Whether you believe in life after death or not, there is still uncertainty about it. If you choose to end your life, you stop the course of your story, that is, you become a spectator of what you could…
+Jesus The Most Powerful Of The Indigent
What does the life of Jesus teach us? If Jesus came back to earth today, would he be followed or simply listened to by those who call themselves Christians? Probably not. Why not? How is Jesus’ life so different from ours? What can we learn from him? If Jesus passed into posterity, it is above all because he lived an…
+Sublimation, The Prerogative Of Wise Societies…
Religious institutions have been eager to reclaim and appropriate the teachings of enlightened teachers, often for political purposes. However, these same institutions offer a framework for accepting the disorders of the human condition while at the same time proposing a way to emancipate themselves from them. If we look at this approach from a psychoanalytical point of view, we can…
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