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The Academy of Ideas podcast explores the ideas of the greatest philosophers and psychologists of history. Become a Supporting Member and access extra content: www.academyofideas.com/members

    Why Solitude Promotes Greatness – The Benefits of Being Alone

    Why Solitude Promotes Greatness – The Benefits of Being Alone

    “To live alone one must be either a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both…” Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols According to a 2010 study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, the health risks of chronic loneliness are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. To mitigate […]

    • 15 min
    1984 vs Brave New World – How Freedom Dies

    1984 vs Brave New World – How Freedom Dies

    “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.”   George Orwell, 1984 George Orwell’s writings have experienced a spike in popularity over the past several decades and for a good reason – modern societies are becoming ever more like the dystopia Orwell depicted in his […]

    • 12 min
    Spontaneous Recovery – The Body’s Power to Heal from Cancer and Chronic Disease

    Spontaneous Recovery – The Body’s Power to Heal from Cancer and Chronic Disease

    “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.”    Hippocrates Modern medicine has achieved remarkable results. Its ability to save people from ailments which a mere generation ago would have led to an untimely death, borders on the miraculous. But when it comes to chronic illness modern medicine has its limits. Sometimes the […]

    • 13 min
    Why an Unhealthy Mind creates an Unhealthy Body

    Why an Unhealthy Mind creates an Unhealthy Body

    “The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn’t just […]

    • 14 min
    Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life

    Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life

    “. . .you must look at who you are and make an effort to know yourself, which is the most difficult knowledge one can imagine. When you know yourself, you will not puff yourself up like the frog who wanted to be the equal of the ox. . .”   Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes […]

    • 14 min
    How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness – The Road Less Traveled

    How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness – The Road Less Traveled

    “Since ultimately people heal themselves with or without the tool of psychotherapy, why is it that so few do and so many do not? Since the path of spiritual growth, albeit difficult, is open to all, why do so few choose to travel it? It was to this question that Christ was addressing himself when […]

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