‘We need to be those that revere Apollo, yet do not ignore Dionysus. We must give Dionysus his due, but always in a subordinate sense to Apollo.’ – Thomas Stark The modern world and contemporary culture, particularly in the realm of the first-world, has a starkly divided and contentious relationship with the concept of pleasure. […]
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‘It is not possible, many argue, to insist on respecting both difference and sameness when it comes to moral values: on honoring individual and cultural diversity while also holding that certain moral values go to the heart of what it means to be human and always have, since the beginning of time, and always must
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‘Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.’ The above is a quote famously attributed to John Stuart Mill from his seminal essay On Liberty. As with any quote divested of its origin, it misses some
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