
The Philosophical Bachelor
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Thursday, 31 March 2022
The Pursuit of Happiness

Friday, 25 March 2022
Jackass! What a Blast!
Monday, 7 March 2022
The Right to be Neutral: Should Russians Lose Their Jobs?
In the last week, two prominent Russian musicians had been dismissed or forced to resign from their jobs. In today’s parlance, they have been cancelled. What precisely did they do to merit their cancellation? Or in this case, what didn’t they do?
Friday, 4 March 2022
Labour, Work, Action by Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt investigates the sources of human happiness in her essay entitled Labour, Work, Action, exploring the relation and differences between the three concepts. The text was originally a lecture delivered in 1964.[1] Since the ancient Greeks, the vita contemplativa (life of contemplation) has been considered a superior form of life than the vita activa (life of action). However, both aspects can be found in every person, as distinct but related “faculties” and are also “ways of life.”
Sunday, 27 February 2022
Being in the Moment: Sovereignty in Bataille
The Accursed Share, Volume 3: Sovereignty, Georges Bataille
Chapter 1: Knowledge of Sovereignty
1.1
Bataille begins the volume by explaining what he is not describing in his concept of sovereignty. His sovereignty is not the sovereignty of states but the sovereignty of people. What is sovereign is not “servile and subordinate.” Sovereignty belonged to kings and chiefs, gods and their priests which by being close to the gods shared in their sovereignty. However, the sovereignty that Bataille is interested in is the sovereignty that all people possess.
Monday, 21 February 2022
Sovereignty in The Accursed Share, Volume 2 & 3 by Georges Bataille: First Impressions
What is sovereignty for Georges Bataille? When was the last time you did something for its own sake, where you indulged in an activity for the sheer pleasure it gives you and not for some other purpose such as earning money? Do we go for a run so that we can enjoy the wind in our hair and the change of scenery, or do we do it for some functional purpose such as to lose weight just so that we can become more attractive for other people?
Thursday, 17 February 2022
On Diversions from Pensees by Blaise Pascal
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