Criticism

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Evaluating Critics (1)

What should worry us is not the number of people who oppose us, but how good their reasons are for doing so. We should therefore divert our attention away from the presence of unpopularity to the exp...
The Consolations of Philosophy

The Need for Criticism (2)

Life is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of othe...
Status Anxiety


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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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