Seven Paradoxes About Time Travel
Time travel has fascinated thinkers and generated several works of science fiction, philosophical essays, and scientific theories.
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Art, Culture & Society
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Awestruck with Astronauts and Plato’s View From Above
Have you ever felt awestruck by the beauty of the night sky? Imagine the view astronauts are privy to from
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Perception is a Powerful Way to Make a Difference
The Stoic philosopher Epictetus stated: “You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your
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Why It’s Best to Have Mindfulness at Work
LinkedIn, Google, Intel, Verizon Media, Genetech, and SAP are only a handful of the 25 leaders from companies that promote mindfulness in the workplace. The question is why? Why have large companies invested time and resources to enforce a philosophy that dates 2500 years ago?
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The India Syndrome
Although the India Syndrome has not yet been recognized in the manuals of psychiatric disorders, the fact is that for some years now delirium has been frequently observed in Western travelers (North Americans and Europeans) when traveling to the Indian subcontinent. The first to publish on this fact was the French psychiatrist Regis Airault, who observed and described it while working at the French Consulate in Mumbai.
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“Greed” (1924) – Movie review
The American silent film Greed (1924) was directed by Erich von Stroheim, and is based on the novel McTeague, written by Frank Norris in 1899.
It is a masterful analysis of the different types of greed. This is one of the seven deadly sins or human faults of the Catholic Church, along with anger, gluttony, pride, lust, laziness and envy. All these deviations of human behavior also appear, to a greater or lesser extent, in some of the characters in the film.
“Green Book” (2018) – Movie review
The film Green Book was launched in 2018 under the direction of Peter Farrelly. It is a film based on real events, which tells the story of a concert tour made by the pianist Don Shirley, along with his driver and bodyguard Tony Vallelonga, through the South of the United States, in the decade of the 60s of the last century. The film is named after a guidebook (The Negro Motorist Green Book) which was used at the time to find out where African Americans could stay when traveling.
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Morita Therapy Treats Mental Health and Brings Hope to Japan
For Morita, the key question to ask anyone suffering from stress or any negative emotion is: What should I do now?
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Japanese Society and good practice in Mental Health
Studies in comparative psychology and psychiatry frequently show that mental health problems are largely influenced by the culture of individuals. Each culture also has different strategies for coping with life problems and stress.
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