Has Stoicism become a new religion?
Unthinkable: Stoicism is all the rage in Silicon Valley but its roots are often overlooked
Euro 2020: How Irish people should feel – philosophically speaking – about England’s loss
Feeling gleeful? Schopenhauer wouldn’t approve, but Nietzsche would understand
You can feel up and down at the same time, the goal is to have more ups
If you never felt down you would be completely out of touch with reality
Will the penny drop at Cork GAA over Mike Ashley’s track record?
Whole New Ball Game: Sports Direct owner’s treatment of workers not good for the optics
Under pressure: Tips for managing conflict within the family
Covid-19: Never before have we needed such patience and conflict resolution skills
Don’t give up on the search for your soul
Unthinkable: The idea of a soul helps us to understand ‘what it is to be human’, says philosopher John Cottingham
Jennifer O’Connell: Am I having a midlife crisis?
Having navigated imposter syndrome of our 20s, and the pureed carrot and Calpol era of our 30s, we’ve arrived at a new, more terrifying phase
How to deal with life’s setbacks? Think like a Stoic
Unthinkable: The Roman Stoics might just have the answer to all your problems in a ‘convenient’ heavenly fiction
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Web Log: It helps you reflect on everything such as friendship and preparedness
The Irish Times view on educational inequality: the classroom divide
An across-the-board failure rate of 10 per cent in basic literacy is not acceptable
Brexit parallels with the fall of Rome are all too obvious
Chris Johns: Just wait a few years and the UK will be clamouring to join the euro: Reality has a habit of intruding but it can take its time
From Marcus Aurelius to Jesse Ventura: terrible leaders and their artistic notions
I’m easily swayed by politicians who do art. Here are some of my favourites
‘Even the smallest truths must be protected and cherished’
I recently mixed up two philosophers in an article. It was a simple error but I couldn’t stop thinking about it
Jordan Peterson: ‘What the hell’s wrong with self-help books?’
Alt-right icon or incisive psychologist? The Canadian professor says his priority is to help people take charge of their lives
Nobody is perfect. We are all in need of urgent improvement
Laura Kennedy: It can sometimes be difficult to know when criticism is valid
‘The more we avoid our lives, the more problems we have to avoid’
Laura Kennedy: Soon, the light of spring will mean the dark embrace of bed will hold less temptation
Maureen Dowd: Prospect of President Zuckerberg is very scary
Facebook’s Frankenstein moment in US election shows its power to warp democracy
The Stoics taught me to have compassion for others rather than pity for myself
Coping: With a Stoic sense of ourselves as works in progress, we can make our lives better
The mystery of the library book that went missing for a century
An intriguing real life puzzle at Dublin's Marsh’s Library is at the heart of a new children’s story book
How Thomas Kaplan is using art as a weapon of war
US billionaire to loan three paintings to Dublin exhibition he financed research for
Killing off the classics: ‘elite’ subjects fall from prominence
Classical studies, Latin and Greek are important but fewer students than ever are learning them. One teachers blames the Leaving Cert, which hasn’t been reviewed since the 1970s
So what if I’m privileged? That doesn’t invalidate my point of view
Those who shut down discourse by shouting ‘privilege’ have an irony deficiency
Your anger is your problem, so stop blaming others
Realising that other people don’t have the power to influence your behaviour is freeing
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