Human beings, of course, require more or less enclosed spaces to live; it is their living space… similar to the “territory” that animals mark for themselves. We all need to set certain goals, go through trials, endure failures, celebrate successes, and thousands of other things that only reveal to us the horror of the emptiness … Read more
Celebrated author of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 – 1944), also wrote other, less known, but equally valuable works that captivate with their philosophy of life. The famous quote from The Little Prince, “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye,” is … Read more
Where is our world headed? Typically, two radical and irreconcilable positions arise in response to this question: the greatest and hopeless pessimism and the most fanatical and naive optimism. Hell and paradise. According to an extremely optimistic view, our world follows a straight and upward line where important events go unnoticed. Creation and progress are … Read more
What will our era be called? It is undisputed that we live in a turbulent time. Many of us who study world history are convinced that our era is not like those of previous centuries, where characteristics, features, and accents in the value system were changing… Today, not only the essence of our worldview and … Read more
Francis Bacon – On Happiness It cannot be denied that external circumstances contribute to well-being: favor, opportunity, someone else’s death, situations that align with virtue. But for the most part, the mold of happiness lies in the hands of the individual. “Faber quisque fortunae suae” (Everyone is the architect of their own happiness), as the … Read more
Seize the day Every cycle that ends obliges us to look at the time ahead as the beginning of a new story that we will soon live. The beginning of a new year is undoubtedly one of those cyclical moments that give us the opportunity to look inside and renew our inner paths, the labyrinths … Read more
Albert Schweitzer – Invitation to Peace The astonishing development of science and technology has led to material prosperity in every aspect of human life. Unfortunately, this progress has also been accompanied by the development of warfare to unimaginable scales. The arms race between the leading world powers has resulted in the total amount of nuclear … Read more
18th Century (Eighteenth century) Philosophy of History In the early years of the 18th century, also known as the “Age of Enlightenment,” there is a certain level of skepticism towards history that continues from previous centuries, but at the same time, this skepticism gradually diminishes and a special importance and interest in history emerges. While … Read more
