Epicureanism was never meant to be a dry academic philosophy. In fact, it is best kept away from academia, where, as usual with philosophy, long words render it dull, if not incomprehensible. Rather, it is a vital way of living, which seeks to free men and women from a life of unhappiness, fear and anxiety. …
“Why may not a goose say thus: “All the parts of the universe I have an interest in: the earth serves me to walk upon, the sun to light me; the stars have their influence upon me; I have such an advantage by the winds and such by the waters; there is nothing that yon …
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Imagine a gorgeous home for your next getaway: a well-stocked kitchen, pool out the patio doors, nice linens, flowers on the bedside table. Sounds great, right? Here’s the problem: That house: stolen. That land: stolen. The roads on that stolen land to take you to the stolen house: segregated. The borders and checkpoints and airports …
While we hear a lot about the human “population crisis”, the real population crisis, from the ecological point of view, concerns not humans but farm animals, whose numbers are growing twice as fast. Raising livestock requires a vast amount of resources, and 75% of the world’s farmland; a third of all cereal crops are used …
