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Kierkegaard on the Couch

Have we lost the distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders, between depression and despair?

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Counting the ‘Blessings’ of Insomnia

A Romanian philosopher cherished his long, sleepless and highly enlightening nights.

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Boxing Lessons

Can the courage needed to live a moral life be acquired in the boxing ring?

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Freud as Philosopher

Self-knowledge requires more than intellectual self-examination. It demands knowing something about your feelings.

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The Danish Doctor of Dread

If Soren Kierkegaard were alive today he'd be given a refillable prescription for Xanax, but his insights may be the better medicine.

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Haunted Heart

Rock music played and the nurses were chatty while the surgeon calmly fiddled with the beating engine of my existence.

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Try a Little Tenderness

Philosophers have written tomes on love. So why have they, and most of us, left tenderness — that blossom of love — out in the cold?

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Kierkegaard on the Couch

Have we lost the distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders, between depression and despair?

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A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’

How today's gospel of self-fulfillment severs the traditional link between work and duty.

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The Long Conversation

What have 45 years of therapy with the same person given me? In short: myself.

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Kierkegaard on the Couch

Have we lost the distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders, between depression and despair?

View Article

Counting the ‘Blessings’ of Insomnia

A Romanian philosopher cherished his long, sleepless and highly enlightening nights.

View Article

Boxing Lessons

Can the courage needed to live a moral life be acquired in the boxing ring?

View Article


Freud as Philosopher

Self-knowledge requires more than intellectual self-examination. It demands knowing something about your feelings.

View Article

The Danish Doctor of Dread

If Soren Kierkegaard were alive today he'd be given a refillable prescription for Xanax, but his insights may be the better medicine.

View Article


Haunted Heart

Rock music played and the nurses were chatty while the surgeon calmly fiddled with the beating engine of my existence.

View Article

Try a Little Tenderness

Philosophers have written tomes on love. So why have they, and most of us, left tenderness — that blossom of love — out in the cold?

View Article


A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’

How today's gospel of self-fulfillment severs the traditional link between work and duty.

View Article

The Long Conversation

What have 45 years of therapy with the same person given me? In short: myself.

View Article

Kierkegaard on the Couch

Have we lost the distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders, between depression and despair?

View Article
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