Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry
[5:44] Ah, romantic love; beautiful and intoxicating, heart-breaking and soul-crushing… often all at the sam…
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Why is sexual promiscuity seen as so immoral?
[11:00] SEX! There is still a catch. Many societies across the globe judge negatively when a female is promiscuous, h…
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PHILOSOPHY – Schopenhauer
[9:28] Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply influenced by Buddhist thought and is in many ways the West’s answer to it: he t…
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PHILOSOPHY – Baruch Spinoza
[8:34] Spinoza tried to replace the bible with a scientifically-based ethical system. He succeeded in theory – but n…
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Bruce Lee – Motivation “Be Yourself”
[3:52] OH BRUCE…. Being honest with oneself… What does that mean? If only you understood how the brain wor…
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Wegstock lectures 10: Thalia Wheatley – Human emotions
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The Secrets of Happiness – in 60 Seconds
[1:14] Hours of thought by the team at the School of Life have led us to a 60 second film, summarizing a lot of what we know ab…
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Wegstock lectures 14: Jerry Clore – Anticipation / Placebo
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Why Do We Fall In Love?
[2:41] “What we regard as normality is our collective, protective madness, in which we repress the grim truth ab…
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Crash Course Philosophy #31: Aesthetics
[10:37] How do art and morality intersect? Today we look at an ethically questionable work of art and discuss R. G. Colli…
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