Philosophies for Life

In this podacst we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Worrying About Anything from the philosophy of Plato . Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who, along with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle, built the foundation for almost all Western philosophy. 

So here are 6 Ways To Stop Worrying About Anything from the philosophy of Plato - 
01. Act as the Charioteer of Your Soul
02. Apply the "Dice" Method 
03. Step out of your cave
04. Look at a bigger picture
05. Value Your Character
06. Practice "Philosophical Preparation"
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Plato, helps you to stop worrying. 

Plato is one of the most famous philosophers of all time. He represented the philosophy of ancient Greece, belonging to its Classical Period. He was born into an aristocratic and influential family in Athens, where he founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the entire Western world. Along with his mentor Socrates, and his student Aristotle, Plato is one of the most influential individuals in the entire history of humankind. It can even be said that he is one of the pillars of Western civilisation. His philosophy is often referenced as Platonic idealism and his biggest contribution is the Theory of Forms or Doctrine of Ideas, which asserts that the physical world is not the real world. Instead, ultimate reality exists beyond our physical world, in the world of ideas. Plato was not only a prominent figure of philosophy, but also of religion and spirituality; so-called Neo-platonism deeply influenced Christian theology. Plato invented the written dialogue and dialectic form of philosophy. Some of his most famous books are The Republic, The Symposium, The Apology of Socrates, Allegory of the Cave and The Dialogues of Plato, in which the main character is Socrates, who influenced Plato’s philosophy to a great extent. His entire work has survived for more than 2,400 years and has remained very popular the entire time. Like his mentor, Plato was a practical philosopher and there are many life lessons to learn from his philosophy.

In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Be Happy from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza . Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. This philosophical approach is known as rationalism.

So here are 6 Ways To Be Happy from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza - 
01. Equate 'God' with Nature
02. Acknowledge Your Core Drive
03.  Shift from 'Inadequate' to 'Adequate' Ideas
04.  Cultivate Active Joy
05. View Life 'Under the Aspect of Eternity'
06. Achieve the Intellectual Love of Nature
We hope you listening to this podcast, and hope this video, from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, helps you find happiness. 

Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. He didn’t believe our feelings were random or mysterious. Instead, he argued that they followed the same natural laws as everything else in the universe. He wrote his most famous work, Ethics, in the style of a geometry textbook in which he analyzed emotions like anger, fear, and love with logical definitions, propositions, and proofs. Because of this, Spinoza didn’t see happiness as a matter of luck, a fleeting emotion, or a reward from the universe. No. To him, happiness is the experience of increasing mental clarity. It’s the freedom that comes from no longer being confused by life, understanding how reality works, and gaining control over your own mind. This way of thinking is called Rationalism. It is the idea that reason and logic are the best tools for understanding the world. Instead of reacting to events or hoping things will get better, a Rationalist tries to understand why things happen. Spinoza believed that the more clearly we think about our experiences, the better we can understand our problems, learn from them, and avoid unnecessary suffering. 

In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Live Authentically from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French philosopher who defined authenticity as the terrifying realization that you are completely free and responsible for your own choices.  

So here are 6 Ways To Live Authentically  from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre - 
01. Existence Precedes Essence
02. Stop Playing a Character
03.  Accept Your Reality 
04. Stop Trying to Control How People See You
05. Embrace the Vertigo of Total Freedom
06. Act
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, helps you live authentically. 

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French playwright, screenwriter, political activist, literary critic, and one of the leading philosophers who followed the philosophy of Existentialism: the philosophy that says that humans are born a blank slate and are free to determine their own identity, behavior and goals. Sartre was born in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century and when he was around sixty years old, he was awarded the1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. He however refused the prize, claiming that “a writer should never allow himself to become an institution.” Sartre wrote many fictional and non-fictional books, essays and gave lectures on Existentialism. Some of his noted works are: Nausea, Being and Nothingness, Existentialism is a Humanism, and No Exit. 

In this podcast we will be talking about 7 Ways To Live Like A King from the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius was an emperor of Rome and a devout student of the philosophy of Stoicism. He constructed a series of autobiographical writings, now known as the Meditations. 

So here are 7 Ways To Live Like A King  from the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius - 
01. Deconstruct the Illusion of Luxury
02. Use money as a tool
03. Focus on what you can control
04. Take a "View from Above"
05. Reclaim your Present 
06. Choose discomfort
07. Do your duty
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, helps you live like a king. 

Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago — his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways. 

In this podcast, we will be talking about How To Stop Caring What Others Think About Your Status Or Finances  from the philosophy of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Fyodor Dostoevsky was a 19th-century novelist and philosopher whose ideas helped shape the philosophy of existentialism.

So with that in mind, here are 7 Ways To Stop Caring What Others Think About Your Status Or Finances from the philosophy of Fyodor Dostoevsky - 
01. Money is just a tool, nothing more
02. Reject the Illusion of "Financial Salvation"
03. Financial hardship is just a situation
04. Nobody is watching you
05. Be Ordinary
06. Drop your pride
07. Practice  "Active Love"
I hope you enjoyed listening to this audio and hope these 7 Ways To Stop Caring What Others Think About Your Status Or Finances from the philosophy of Fyodor Dostoevsky will add value to your life. 

Fyodor Dostoevsky was a 19th century novelist and philosopher, considered by many to be one of the most influential authors in all of world literature. Born and raised in Tsarist Russia, Dostoevsky was heavily exposed to the misery and injustice characteristic of his time. Among his more marking experiences, he spent four years in a Siberian labour camp, went through compulsory military service in exile, and had to beg for money while in Western Europe due to his gambling addiction. And yet, despite his first-hand experience of misery and suffering, Dostoevsky remained hopeful and optimistic about what life is. He is considered to be one of the first writers to incorporate concepts of what we now know as existentialism. Dostoevsky’s works revolve around a few major themes like the meaning of life, the constancy of suffering, the divide between rationality and emotion, spirituality, and the various sides of the human condition.  Some of his well known novels and essays are Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, and Notes from the Underground. Through his novels and essays, Dostoevsky tried to make sense of the suffering and misery around him, attempting to find meaning and hope even in the bleakest of times. His work represents a deep dive into human suffering, the evil surrounding us, and the problems caused by moral corruption and in each of the universes he created, he gave ways to escape the apparent  constant suffering and torment of his characters through moral virtue, love, compassion, and one’s own sense of meaning. His writings were heavily influential for the existentialist current of philosophy, representing sources of inspiration for other consecrated authors like Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.

In this podcast we will be talking about 7 Ways to Master Any Skill by Yourself  from the philosophy of Miyamoto Musashi. Miyamoto Musashi is remembered as one of the greatest swordsmen Japan has ever produced. 

So here are 7 Ways to Master Any Skill by Yourself  from the philosophy of Miyamoto Musashi - 
01. The World is Your Sensei 
02. Discard the Aesthetic
03. Pick your sword
04. Kill All Distractions
05. The Thousand-Day Grind
06. Break the "Rules" of the Curriculum 
07. Paint with the Sword
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Miyamoto Musashi, helps you to master any skill by yourself.

A samurai at first, and then a Ronin, Miyamoto Musashi is considered to be the greatest swordsman ever in the history of Japan, in large part due to his almost surreal discipline. Indeed It is being said that he fought 60 duels, and never lost one. He fought for the first time when he was 13 against an experienced Samurai, and came out victorious. He took down the greatest swordsman at that time, one by one, until the throne was his, and his alone. However, Miyamoto was more than that. Not only was he a master of his craft, but he was also an artist, a cerebral philosopher and a buddhist. He sought meaning, wrote war and philosophy books, and his work became a blueprint for people who want to live a disciplined life. A week before he died in 1645, Miyamoto Musashi wrote 21 principles called “Dokkodo '' by which he expresses a stringent, honest, and ascetic or strongly self-disciplined view of life. 

In this podcast we will be talking about 8 Ways to Quit Rat Race And Enjoy Your Life  from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher

So here are 8 Ways to Quit Rat Race And Enjoy Your Life  from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne-  
01. Build Your "Arrière-Boutique"
02. Stop Guarding Your Money
03. Lower the Stakes of Your Own Importance
04. Embrace Intellectual Humility
05. Travel Without a Destination
06. Practice Radical Presence 
07. Seek Soul-Deep Connection
08. Confront your Mortality
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Montaigne, helps you to quit rat race and enjoy your life.

Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher who defined ambition not as a virtue but as an unnatural "disease of the soul" because it makes people sacrifice the life they have right now for a future that might never even happen. In 1571, right on his 38th birthday, he walked into his office and permanently resigned from his position as a judge in the Bordeaux parliament. It was exactly the kind of role Renaissance men spent their whole lives networking, scheming, and stressing out to get. He quit, moved back to his family's estate in the French countryside, and set himself up in a stone tower on the property. He built a massive library there and had 54 quotes from ancient philosophers carved into the wooden beams of his ceiling. From that point on, he spent his time studying the only subject he actually wanted to understand: himself. He observed his own habits, flaws, and everyday routines, and wrote down his thoughts about them and he called these writings Essais—which comes from the French word meaning "to try" or "to attempt" and is of course where we get the English word ‘essay’.

In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Enjoy Your Life To The Fullest from the philosophy of Albert Camus. Albert Camus was a French-Algerian philosopher who built his life's work around the philosophy of absurdism.

So here are 6 Ways To Enjoy Your Life To The Fullest from the philosophy of Alber Camus - 
01. Stop Waiting for Life to Give You a Meaning
02. Kill "Hope" 
03. Embrace the Daily Grind
04. Prioritize the "Quantity" of the Present Over the "Quality"
05. Reconnect with the physical world
06. Rebel
We hope you listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Camus, helps you to enjoy life to the fullest. 

Albert Camus is one of the greatest French writers and thinkers. He was a philosopher, an author and a journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and his most famous works are The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism,” which is a philosophical movement having as its central hypothesis that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Camus considered that absolute freedom must be balanced with absolute justice - too much freedom leads to the situation when the strong suppresses the weak but too much justice kills freedom, and we need to live and let live. As a promoter of the philosophy of the “absurd”, Camus believed that life has no meaning, that the universe simply exists and that it is indifferent to people’s lives. We are like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, forever carrying that heavy rock to the top of the hill, although we know the rock will always fall down and our life's work is meaningless. Our condition might be tragic, but Camus considered that this exact condition hides a blessing in disguise: life does not have a meaning, but we are free to attribute it any meaning we want. His philosophy has inspired a lot of  people in dealing with the absurdity of life and even today, his philosophy is extremely relevant.

In this podcast we will be talking about 5 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Money on from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a precursor of existentialism. 

So here are 5 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Money on from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche - 
01. The "Herd" Aesthetic
02. "Anesthetics" for the Soul
03. The "Last Man's" Comforts
04. Ideological "Indulgences"
05. Cheap Education 
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Nietzsche, helps you to stop wasting your money on these 5 things. 

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is considered to be one of the most daring and greatest thinkers of all time. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history. He was one of the biggest precursors of existentialism, which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent, determining their own development through acts of will. By his famous words “God is dead!”, Nietzsche moved the focus of philosophy from metaphysics to the material world and to the individual as a responsible person for his own life. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote several books like The Birth of a Tragedy,  Human, All Too Human, The Dawn, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols, The Will to Power, The Antichrist, and many more. His teachings have shaped the lives of many people; from psychologists to poets, dancers to social revolutionaries.

In this podcast we will be talking about 7 Ways To Flow Happily With Your Life from the philosophy of Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi was an ancient Chinese philosopher, often remembered as the playful and imaginative voice of Taoism.

So here are 7 Ways To Flow Happily With Your Life from the philosophy of Zhuangzi - 
01. Stop Measuring Your Life Against Others
02. Live According to Your Nature
03. Flow Effortlessly With Reality
04. Live Fully, But Stay Detached
05. Simplify your Desires
06. Be Useless
07. Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously
We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Zhuangzi, helps you to flow happily with your life.

Zhuangzi was an ancient Chinese philosopher, often remembered as the playful and imaginative voice of Taoism. Where Lao Tzu spoke in short, poetic verses, Zhuangzi chose stories. His tales could be light, humorous, even absurd at times - but hidden inside them was a deep wisdom about how to live. In his book, also called Zhuangzi, he shows us that much of our suffering comes from holding on too tightly. To rigid ideas of right and wrong, to our need for control, to the seriousness with which we approach everything. His message is clear — true freedom comes from letting go. Letting go of labels, of narrow thinking, of the constant urge to prove ourselves. He invites us to live more lightly, to drift through life like a leaf on a stream. And when we do, we find a quieter, deeper kind of joy. But in today’s world, we’re pushed to move faster, to compete harder, to constantly chase the next goal. In that race, it’s easy to forget the simple lightness of being alive. Zhuangzi reminds us that life doesn’t always have to be a struggle. It can be playful. It can be free.