Watch the Video — Nietzsche’s Human All-Too-Human is a book that explores the human condition and our tendency to make assumptions about the world and ourselves. Nietzsche argues that humans often fall into the trap of seeing themselves and the world in a certain way, without ever questioning the validity of these assumptions. He…

Ivan Petrovich Sokolov was a Soviet physiologist and neuroscientist who made significant contributions to the study of the orienting response. The orienting response is a reflexive shift in attention to a new or novel stimulus, characterized by changes in physiological and behavioral measures such as heart rate, pupil dilation, and…

The concept of free will has been the subject of much debate and discussion throughout history. While many people believe that we have the ability to make conscious decisions and control our actions, others argue that our actions are predetermined by a combination of factors such as genetics, environment, and…

Mark Twain once said, “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” This quote is particularly relevant in today’s age, where consensus is everything and the majority opinion is often considered to be the correct one. As Twain suggests, there are…

The True Believer is a 1951 book by American writer Eric Hoffer, in which the author discusses the psychological causes of fanaticism. The book was widely influential, and is still cited today. In 2002, the Book-of-the-Month Club ranked The True Believer number 23 on its list of the 100 most…

Phillip Rief’s book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, is a thorough and well-researched account of Sigmund Freud’s life and work. Rief does an excellent job of highlighting both Freud’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as providing readers with a clear understanding of his intellectual development. While Rief is clearly…

The Freud Files is a fascinating book that explores the life and work of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Borch-Jacobsen does an excellent job of summarizing Freud’s complex ideas and providing readers with a clear understanding of his influential theory. Sigmund Freud was born in Austria in 1856. He studied…

Blog Introduction: At first glance, gnosticism and techno-utopianism may not seem to have much in common. Gnosticism is an ancient philosophical and religious movement that emphasizes spiritual knowledge, while techno-utopianism is a modern political ideology that seeks to use technology to create a perfect society. However, upon closer inspection, there…

In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” the Greek philosopher describes a group of prisoners who have been held captive in a cave since birth. The prisoners are chained to the wall of the cave and can only see what is in front of them. Behind the prisoners is a fire…