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Eggs


I am going to stop eating eggs because I do not want to contribute to the abuse of chickens.

Eggetarian, Eggs, Vegetarianism

Marriage and Women


Researching marital effects on happiness is tricky because happier people are generally more likely to get married than others. Still, … More

Being single, Happiness in marriage, Marriage

Romantic Love


“First you marry, then you fall in love” In old India, the prevailing philosophy regarding romantic love was, “First you … More

Love, Marriage, Romantic love, True love

Summary of Sartre’s Views


An ardent believer in the Marxist school of thought, Jean-Paul Sartre touted money as the one factor that restricts a … More

Capitalism, Existentialism, Freedom, Materialism, Sartre

To Retire or Not To Retire


I believe the ultimate questions to ask oneself at this stage in life are: “Have I fulfilled my potential as … More

Retirement

The Burden of Struggle for Justice


Not only are today’s activists enraged, they bemoan a state of constant fatigue (and in some instances, post-traumatic stress disorder) … More

Injustice, Justice, Oppression, Systems of oppression

The Unfolding and Undoing of Critical Race Theory


In the midst of this protracted conflict, students led by Crenshaw and another future scholar and professor of law, Mari … More

Critical Race Theory

Socratic Humility


And yet for all this influence, many of our ways are becoming far from Socratic. More and more our politics … More

Ignorance, Political discourse, Socrates' Irony, Socrates' Method, Wisdom

Happiness and Its Spin-offs


Aristotle points out in Nicomachean Ethics that while we desire every other thing for being instrumental and serving some other … More

Happiness, Living in the Now, Living in the Present

One’s Love for a Woman


“One’s love for a woman (and even for one’s near and dear) is most often never pure because you stand … More

Love, Pure love, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, True love

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