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Essays that examine the lives and ideas of some of the world's greatest writers. How did Tolstoy cope with depression? What did Emerson think about human potential? Why did Oscar Wilde end up in prison for being gay? Read on to find out!
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Advice on Reading and Writing
D.H. Lawrence Hated Masturbation and Porn (and maybe you should too)
Thucydides, the Melian Dialogue, and Keeping the (Russian) Jungle at Bay
Philosophical Themes from Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate
The Incestuous Origins of Myrrh as Told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Camus and the Meaning of Existential Rebellion
Pontificating On A Few Baltasar Gracián Aphorisms
The Crimes of Oscar Wilde
Tolstoy's Depression and the Limits of Reason
Lady Chatterley's Lover and D.H. Lawrence's Views on Sex
Elie Wiesel's Night and the Question of Evil
Emerson's "Circles" as a Metaphor for Human Experience
