How to cope with the overwhelming bleakness of the universe.
Woody Allen on why he keeps making movies, the agony and terror of human existence, and why a sense of humor is important.Excerpted from Robert […]
Woody Allen on why he keeps making movies, the agony and terror of human existence, and why a sense of humor is important.Excerpted from Robert […]
To paraphrase: In Plato’s dialogue “Euthyphro,” Socrates argued that goodness cannot be defined as what the gods favor because there is no merit in a […]
By JONATHAN FRANZEN (This is an excerpt from a commencement speech he delivered on May 21, 2011 at Kenyon College.) My friend Alice Sebold likes […]
By Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe
By Fernando Pessoa, from a selection of posthumously discovered prose pieces published, for the first time in English, in the October 2009 issue of […]
Excerpted from the short story Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan. This story was the basis for the movie Memento, directed by Jonathan’s brother Christopher. Here’s […]
March 13, 2010 He won’t read them. Not yet anyway. But here are my best bits of advice for my son on the occasion […]
Comments from Mubi.com 2 Or 3 Things I know About Her gino over 1 year ago I was just looking for some further insight on […]
Pascal Bruckner is a French writer and philosopher. His most recent book is Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to Be Happy The full essay appeared […]
From Love, etc. by Julian Barnes. Stuart First love is the only love. Oliver As much love as possible is the only love. Gillian True […]
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