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I exist, I suffer. Please don't destroy me.

Levinas and the ethics of the face.

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The Philosophy of March, 2026

When did everyone start psychoanalyzing each other?

Mar 27 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

One cannot imagine Sisyphus happy

Everything is chaos, and we need to deal with that.

Mar 20 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

Always listen to a wizard

The real treasure is the wisdom we earned along the way.

Mar 13 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

The 3 types of reading (and the 2 you’ll pick)

Skim or scan this. No need to deep-read.

Mar 12 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

Five examples of extraordinary people according to Nietzsche

What does the Übermensch look like?

Mar 11 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

The missing vertical thread

Why the lack of intergenerational friendships makes us worse off.

Mar 6 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

The philosophy of indoctrination and how to fix it

Some people are always at war.

Mar 4 • Jonny Thomson and Big Think

A smaller patch of ground

Why you can't learn it all in a book.

Feb 27 • Jonny Thomson, Big Think, and Martin Shaw

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