The singer’s great works have many similarities with the most revered thinkers and authors in history,becoming a fixture of courses at Australia’s top universities in the process.
In times like these,poets and philosophers provide better reason for ‘stubborn optimism’ than politicians.
Ancient wisdom for managing the work silly season? You bet. Follow these rules to get through the summer unscathed (and generally improve your lot at work).
Former priest John Burnheim led the “radicals” at Sydney University when war broke out in the philosophy department.
Rather than joining a push towards individualist thinking that’s always asking,“What’s in it for me?“,Gen Z are taking the opportunity to challenge the status quo altogether.
From Socrates believing writing would bring about mass forgetfulness and ignorance,to the Catholic Church warning against the printing press,humanity’s great strides have always had their detractors.
Full of simple,joyous wisdom,it’s the perfect book for this moment in time. Now an animated version of The Boy,the Mole,the Fox and the Horse is coming.
In his 1998 memoir,Romulus,My Father,Raimond Gaita laid bare his struggles growing up with troubled parents. Now,the philosopher faces another challenge.
Probably the wrong time to change the conundrum.
Weighed down by worries? There’s some unexpected comfort to be found in the Stoics’ millennia-old teachings.
In this episode,author Patti Miller and Good Weekend’s Amanda Hooton discuss the remarkable powers of friendship.