The Reluctant Philosopher

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  • Analysis: Faust, A Tragedy

    Analysis: Faust, A Tragedy

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    (Written June 2019) The magnum opus of Johann Goethe, Faust is a tragedy written in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It is considered to be one of the greatest works of German literature ever written, and after a read through it is no mystery as to why. Goethe pulls from many different…

  • The Unexamined Life

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    “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates One of Socrates’s most famous quotes, he says it during his trial and it appears in Plato’s Apology. Carl Jung also made a similar statement when he said, “Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes.” But what do these great thinkers mean? Yesterday when I…