Humanities
Thursday Apr 7th, 2011
Five lessons from Japan
Recently Japan’s 77 year old Emperor Akihito implored his people “not to abandon hope”. This may have struck some Westerners as odd since Japan is an Eastern country largely dominated by Buddhism and Shinto, faith traditions that many associate with mindfulness, acceptance and renunciation rather than hope for the future, transformation… read more »
Wednesday Jan 4th, 2012
Giving up smoking? Put your mind to it
Mindfulness may be beneficial for smokers looking to extinguish the habit
Monday
Aug 29th, 2011
Nary a “philosopher king”: The long road from Plato to American politics
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