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Book Club

Read. Reflect. Repeat. My mantra when it comes to self-development and a state of constant learning. Stay curious and try to learn something new every day. Welcome to the Book Club:

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Frans de Waal: Mama’s Last Hug

27.12.21

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Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey

23.11.21

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Harold W. Percival: Democracy Is Self-Government

27.10.21

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Heying & Weinstein: A Hunter-gatherer’s Guide To The 21st Century

29.09.21

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Rod Dreher: Live Not by Lies

19.08.21

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Zachery Stein: Education in a Time Between Worlds

28.07.21

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René Girard: The Scapegoat

24.06.21

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George Orwell: Animal Farm

25.05.21

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Carl G. Jung: Aion

26.04.21

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Jordan B. Peterson: Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

23.03.21

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Jonathan Haidt: The Righteous Mind

22.02.21

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Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*uck

22.02.21

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Richard Dawkins: The Selfish Gene

27.01.21

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

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Carl G. Jung: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

07.12.20

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Eric Hoffer: The True Believer

07.12.20

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Douglas Murray: The Madness of Crowds

09.11.20

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Jordan B. Peterson: 12 Rules for Life

09.11.20

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Ogas & Gaddam: A Billion Wicked Thoughts

09.11.20

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Mark Manson: Everything is F*cked – A Book about Hope

28.09.20

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Rollo May: Man’s Search for Himself

28.09.20

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Stephen Hicks: Explaining Postmodernism

07.09.20

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James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy

07.09.20

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wknd edition: greens +🍒

wknd edition: greens +🍒

pequeno pêssego

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‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of them really satisfies us, none is entirely pleasant, and each of them has, if not its worry, then its imperfection, but add them up, and a sum of joy and life will emerge’ - FH, transl. TS

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –w

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –where i write to my younger self, coming of age in an modern world: «the modern love story reveals the a great distance and nonexistent resemblance of the ancient notion of love. the eros plato talked about in the platonic dialogues– a love that affords an intelligible grasp on reality, a love that transcends and guides the soul. our modern world consist of a cultural narrative of decadent romanticism and a perverse, permeating feedback loop of bullshit. the corollary is our world appears to be one huge sinking ship were you just have to grab the goodies (e.g. nonsense, sugar, money, sex) while you can because you don't know for how long (or short) it will last. in essence we are trapped, existentially. there is no real love in decadent romanticism. there is simply bullshit. to be sure you will not find «your better half». you will not find someone who worship every aspect of you, that is narcissistic self-love. there is no love where you expect to be "affirmed but not corrected, adored but not improved, loved but not transformed". perfection is not a thing. if it were, you would be bored quite fast. playing games are ultimately about power, not love. moreover, you can never know for certain if you've chosen the right thing or person, certainty is an illusion in and of itself. where does that leave us? as iris murdoch writes; “love is when you can really recognize that something other than yourself is real.»

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of eros: ‘the society of positivity, from which negativity has disappeared, is a society of bare life, which is dominated exclusively by the concern “to make sure of survival" in the face of discontinuity. this is a slave’s life. concern for bare life, for survival alone, strips life of all vitality. a survivor is like the undead: too dead to live, and too alive to die.’

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wknd edition: greens +🍒

wknd edition: greens +🍒

pequeno pêssego

pequeno pêssego

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of them really satisfies us, none is entirely pleasant, and each of them has, if not its worry, then its imperfection, but add them up, and a sum of joy and life will emerge’ - FH, transl. TS

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –w

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –where i write to my younger self, coming of age in an modern world: «the modern love story reveals the a great distance and nonexistent resemblance of the ancient notion of love. the eros plato talked about in the platonic dialogues– a love that affords an intelligible grasp on reality, a love that transcends and guides the soul. our modern world consist of a cultural narrative of decadent romanticism and a perverse, permeating feedback loop of bullshit. the corollary is our world appears to be one huge sinking ship were you just have to grab the goodies (e.g. nonsense, sugar, money, sex) while you can because you don't know for how long (or short) it will last. in essence we are trapped, existentially. there is no real love in decadent romanticism. there is simply bullshit. to be sure you will not find «your better half». you will not find someone who worship every aspect of you, that is narcissistic self-love. there is no love where you expect to be "affirmed but not corrected, adored but not improved, loved but not transformed". perfection is not a thing. if it were, you would be bored quite fast. playing games are ultimately about power, not love. moreover, you can never know for certain if you've chosen the right thing or person, certainty is an illusion in and of itself. where does that leave us? as iris murdoch writes; “love is when you can really recognize that something other than yourself is real.»

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of eros: ‘the society of positivity, from which negativity has disappeared, is a society of bare life, which is dominated exclusively by the concern “to make sure of survival" in the face of discontinuity. this is a slave’s life. concern for bare life, for survival alone, strips life of all vitality. a survivor is like the undead: too dead to live, and too alive to die.’