Most of us agree that pain is part of life, that none of us can escape it, and that death comes for all of us in the end. And yet many of us feel that life is worth it; that the pleasure of life outweighs the suffering. Anti-natalist philosophy takes a different view. The anti-natalist believes that pain outweighs pl ... Show More
May 2020
131 - The Truth Of Unsatisfactoriness
The nature of reality is that difficulties will arise, and we’ll experience suffering. We can begin to embrace that fact by recognizing that suffering, in general, is not personal. It’s simply part of the experience of existence. And we will experience suffering, no matter how ha ... Show More
27m 46s
Mar 2022
Nihilism | Encounter with Nothingness
Nothingness is generally considered to be analogous with death and extinction which every healthy living instinct wants to avoid. Many find the notion of nothingness unfathomable.
Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani, however, was convinced that the way out of nihilism, that w ... Show More
20m 59s
May 2024
Qu'est-ce qu'un vrai épicurien ?
Dans le langage courant, un "épicurien" est un bon vivant. C'est un homme, ou une femme, qui aime la bonne chère et les plaisirs des sens.
Or, il s'agit d'une vision très réductrice, et même erronée, de cette doctrine née dans l'Antiquité. On la doit en effet au philosophe grec É ... Show More
1m 53s
Sep 2023
125: The Moon’s Dark Secret: Aliens Harvesting Human Souls
Your world is an illusion. Your choices are irrelevant. Your friends, your family, and everyone around you are just manifestations of your mind.
You’re a trapped animal in a cage: a virtual reality created more than 250,000 years ago for a single purpose: to use you as food.
Your ... Show More
37m 29s
Aug 2020
Freedom from the Fear of Death
Wearing masks, not wearing masks, and all the mixed emotions that have come with the coronavirus reveal that—as a society—we lack freedom from the fear of death. Maybe you know someone who has died from the virus, or someone who lost their livelihood due to the lockdown. Many are ... Show More
7m 54s