Philosopher Alan Watts will both inspire you and help you overcome your fear of death

By: Kassandra Dzikewicz Death and dying can be a touchy subject, we don’t want to face the fact that we won’t live forever, that there will come a time where there is no tomorrow. Even though we all know the…

How scholarly credibility is holding us back and stifling our imaginations

BY: MITCH CONSKY A few nights ago I was having a philosophical conversation with my roommates. No, we weren’t all baked out of our minds. A few of us were completely sober. Like many philosophical conversations go, the arguments spiraled…

This video will challenge you to stop working your mundane job and start living your life

“This is the real secret of life. To be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts British philosopher Alan Watts posed the…

Before he died, Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother explaining how a true artist must live

BY: MATTHEW CHIN At 37, Van Gogh shot himself and died in his brother’s arms, but before his death, he struggled with philosophical concepts of identity, purpose, and searching for a moral compass. His art became his outlet to find…

Before You Speak, Shut Your Mouth; Philosophy Isn’t A Useless Subject.

BY: LILITH The arts tend to catch a lot of flak, especially from parents trying to steer their kids into certain post-secondary degrees or from science students clinging to the notion of empirical evidence like a newborn child to their…