[Read Part 1 by CLICKING HERE] The Ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates urged us to “Know Thyself.” But what is this self that we need to know? The self might be a heady mix of conscious and unconscious motives which guide our behaviour and intentions. The development of the self is influenced primarily by our culture, […]
“In other creatures ignorance of self is nature; in man it is vice.” Boethius What is the “self”? My son was born during my service in the Royal Navy; and shortly after his arrival I went to sea for quite some time. When I eventually returned home, my son was toddling, and on hearing […]
My World I was blessed with a happy childhood. In many respects my parents were very late Victorians who were totally committed to our upbringing – but, expressed as duty, rather than affectionate love; but I don’t remember a feeling of being unloved as such. My early life was not troubled by the fact […]
The 19th century German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, distinguished academic philosophers from real ones. In his view, academic philosophers merely studied and argued about philosophical ideas conceived by other philosophers – perhaps with logic, brilliance, and erudition – and yet, real philosophers acquired their philosophy by reflection on their own existence and experience. What did Schopenhauer […]