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Alan Watts

Alan Watts: Why Modern Civilization is a Vicious Circle

“When we compare human with animal desire,” writes philosopher Alan Watts in The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety, “we find many extraordinary …

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How To Be Happy

If I were to ask you if you wanted to be happy, 100% of you would say yes. But how many us live our lives in a way that makes us happy? “The days are long, but the years are short. Time is …

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