The March 2023 Philosophy Book of the Month is Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature: How Civilization Destroys Happiness by Chet Shupe.
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Don't take any advice from unhappy people.
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There is nothing called 'Sisyphean work', it is just the way you think. Do you agree?
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Love on the First Sight
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Book Reviews - Relentless by Mark Victor Hansen
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Man Is Not Fit to Govern Man: My Philosophy of Non-Violence, Self-Government, Self-Discipline, and Spiritual Freedom
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Don't take any advice from unhappy people.
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Do you agree that there is no problem of evil?
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Objective leftness and rightness do not exist.
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There is no "Is-Ought Problem" because there is no 'ought'.
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Neither time, time-ness, unconscious here-ness, unconscious now-ness, nor any unconscious presence exist.
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It is preferable to live one day with inner peace than a thousand years without.
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Question for non-zombies: If you went to sleep as me in my bed with my memories...
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Is fame like gold? (Quote from Page 92 of The Biblical Clock)
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