Advayavada Study Plan – week 36 (2336) – samyag-ajiva

To continue with this third quarter’s 13-week Advayavada Study Plan (ASP), during this week, week 36 (which is the same as weeks 23 and 10), we shall crucially implement personally and professionally our improved way of life as best as possible. This task is based on the 5th step on the Noble 8fold Path: samma-ajivaContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 36 (2336) – samyag-ajiva”

The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation

Voltaire’s private life is still something of a puzzle: he invested so much energy in creating his public image that it is hard to know who there is behind the mask, or masks. There are biographies of Voltaire aplenty – but could we write a biography of François-Marie Arouet? Voltaire’s immensely rich correspondence might seem […]Continue reading “The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation”

Spinoza and Modern Psychology — Thoughts of a Nation

Short Biography and Background                Baruch Spinoza was originally born in 1632 in Amsterdam, which was an area renowned for its religious freedom. Spinoza was born into a family that possessed economic means that presented him with a reasonably comfortable upbringing and childhood, until he reached the age of 17. At the age of 17, […]Continue reading “Spinoza and Modern Psychology — Thoughts of a Nation”