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Not the big philosophical ones. The small ones.You reply to a text before you've even sat down, because leaving it unrea...
03/09/2026

Not the big philosophical ones. The small ones.

You reply to a text before you've even sat down, because leaving it unread feels like it means something. A flicker of guilt shows up if you rest for a whole evening, like being busy is the thing that proves you're doing okay.

Nobody sat you down and asked you to believe any of that. It just showed up quietly, one day, and stayed.

Philosophy doesn't hand you new beliefs. It teaches you to notice the ones you're already carrying, and ask if they still hold up.

PhilosophyONE is a practical 9-week course for people who want to think more clearly and feel less run by stress and dis...
03/09/2026

PhilosophyONE is a practical 9-week course for people who want to think more clearly and feel less run by stress and distraction. No background in philosophy required.

Classes in Glendowie and Mt Eden, or join online via Zoom if that suits your week better.

Register before September 28th and you're in for 50% off.

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Our courses aren't just about ideas. They're a room full of people willing to ask harder questions, together.When strang...
31/08/2026

Our courses aren't just about ideas. They're a room full of people willing to ask harder questions, together.

When strangers start thinking out loud with you, you leave with more than you walked in with.

Join us in Term 4:
www.philosophyone.nz/course/

More opinions, more headlines, more advice, and more urgency.Philosophy isn't about adding more information. It's about ...
29/08/2026

More opinions, more headlines, more advice, and more urgency.

Philosophy isn't about adding more information. It's about learning to filter what's actually worth thinking about.

That's arguably more useful now than it's ever been.

Fear, ambition, or desire.There are a handful of forces that usually aren’t in our control, but quietly drive most of ou...
25/08/2026

Fear, ambition, or desire.

There are a handful of forces that usually aren’t in our control, but quietly drive most of our decisions before we've even noticed.

Which one's been driving yours this week?

A Zen master once kept pouring tea for a visitor, even after the cup overflowed."It's full!" the visitor said."So is you...
24/08/2026

A Zen master once kept pouring tea for a visitor, even after the cup overflowed.

"It's full!" the visitor said.

"So is your mind," the master replied. "Empty it first."

The fastest way to learn something new is to admit you don't already know it.

Most of us are watching shadows on a wall and calling it real life.Do you know the story of Plato’s cave?Prisoners chain...
21/08/2026

Most of us are watching shadows on a wall and calling it real life.

Do you know the story of Plato’s cave?

Prisoners chained in a cave, facing a wall, mistook shadows for reality.

We're not so different. Most of us mistake our own beliefs for the whole truth, and rarely stop to check.

Not the traffic. Not other people's opinions of you. Not the outcome of something you've already done your best on.Just ...
19/08/2026

Not the traffic. Not other people's opinions of you. Not the outcome of something you've already done your best on.

Just two things: your own thoughts, and your own actions.

Everything else is just weather. Stop trying to control the weather.

Not the big stuff. Just the small, repetitive one, the thing your brain keeps circling back to for no clear reason.Drop ...
17/08/2026

Not the big stuff. Just the small, repetitive one, the thing your brain keeps circling back to for no clear reason.

Drop it in the comments. Sometimes just naming it out loud takes some of its power away.

The Stoics had a deliberate practice of imagining the worst-case scenario every morning, on purpose. It's the opposite o...
13/08/2026

The Stoics had a deliberate practice of imagining the worst-case scenario every morning, on purpose. It's the opposite of positive thinking, and it's arguably more useful.

Marcus Aurelius did this daily, before he'd even gotten out of bed. He'd remind himself he was likely to meet difficult people that day, so that when it happened, it wouldn't catch him off guard.

You end up steadier when you prepare for the worst, because you've already made peace with the fact that it might.

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