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Virtues and vices

Abstract collage artwork featuring a statue head, a horse, leaves and ancient figures on a colourful background.

Virtues and vices

guide

How to be excellent

Plato and Aristotle can help you resist conventional worldly success, direct your energy and find your own highest calling

by Benjamin Studebaker

Abstract painting of people in a park; a man in a suit walks, a woman in a green dress stands, and another person sits on a bench reading.

Virtues and vices

film

A simple morality tale finds rich depth in the hands of a master animator

A film by Georges Schwizgebel

Young woman dances near a young man on a skateboard by a vintage car beside the ocean on a clear day.

Virtues and vices

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How to think about pleasure

Weirdly hard to define, much less to feel OK about it, pleasure is a tricky creature. Can philosophy help us lighten up?

by Sam Dresser

Stone statue of a man holding his face in one hand against a dark blue background, expressing despair.

Shame and guilt

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How to save yourself another pointless guilt trip

Just because you feel guilty doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong. Relax the rules you live by and set yourself free

by Aziz Gazipura