#philosophy
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Understanding Seven Deadly Sins
Exploring the seven deadly sins — pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth — and what they reveal about human nature.
Emotions
A map of the emotional landscape — what emotions are, how they work, and a deep look at the major families: fear and anxiety, anger, shame and pride, longing and desire.
Happiness
What happiness actually is, why we're so bad at predicting it, and what the research says actually works.
Love
What love actually is — the Greek types, the difference between the idea of love and love itself, and what love requires of us.
Desire, Attachment & Revenge
How desire and fear are two sides of the same coin, the Buddhist case for non-attachment, and why revenge consumes the person who carries it.
Melancholy
Why sadness can be sweet, why humans seek it in music and art, and the untranslatable words for longing that every culture has invented.