Emotions
![A Renaissance portrait of a man with long hair and a beard, wearing a dark robe, holding a cloth, with a window showing a cityscape in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/26f6b35b-0b94-40f4-b361-9ce2d50ddbc1/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Emotions
idea
What makes hate a unique emotion – and why that matters
How does hating someone compare with anger, contempt or disgust? A clearer picture of what makes it unique is emerging
by Cristhian A Martínez
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Music
idea
Music is a philosophy, rich in ideas that language cannot say
Musical thinking offers a means for composing our lives and a philosophical foundation that embraces both sound and silence
by Xenia Hanusiak
![Stone Moai statue from Easter Island against a black background, depicting a human-like figure with exaggerated facial features.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/893b60ea-616d-4a9c-8966-e3aa52b730de/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Gender
guide
How to be a man
Old ideas of manliness make us miserable. Being labelled ‘toxic’ doesn’t help. A reimagined masculinity is the way forward
by Andrew Reiner
![Elderly man in a weathered hat and coat, with a grey beard, lighting a cigarette, set against a blurred outdoor background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6d5ced29-6956-4402-8254-58a21f6f4512/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Emotions
film
Scenes unfold like Romantic paintings in a touching meditation on grief
Directed by Hayk Matevosyan
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Emotions
idea
For young people, emotions are highly contagious social viruses
Like viruses, our internal mental states are socially transmissible, and it’s easier to catch happiness than depression
by Jack Andrews
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Artists and art history
idea
Love the art, disgusted by the artist? Maybe philosophy can help
Rather than trying to leave behind beloved art by immoral artists, let philosophy offer you a model for engaging with it
by Erich Hatala Matthes
![Abstract red line drawing of a person lying on the ground with one hand reaching towards a large shoe. Curved lines form an overhead shape.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/fbfc37a3-5a0e-475d-a9c8-46345eb02e53/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Dance
film
Dancing through emotions, a figure embodies all that can be said without words
A film by Nadia Micault
![A person with a pink umbrella standing near an overturned car, with a police car in the background on a grassy area with pink flowers.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b895cf93-c5e8-4cae-bbc2-4e3839f3b8c0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Emotions
idea
Why it feels right to feel guilty about accidental mishaps
Say you caused a random accident. Your expression of guilt – or its lack – could send a message about who you are deep down
by Rajen Alexander Anderson
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Decision-making
idea
Emotions should be in the heart of complex political debates
Emotion is not opposed to reason but a crucial tool for assessing risk in a complex, uncertain world
by Sabine Roeser
![A man recently released from prison standing on a rock by a tranquil lake, surrounded by dense green trees and under a partly cloudy sky.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d17d9eb5-4972-4bb6-a128-b435f2334e94/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Freedom and choice
film
After decades in prison, Jack navigates the strange, beautiful outside world
Directed by Pete Quandt