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Tag: Camus

Fodboldens sportidiotiske morale

Hvad er det, som gør fodbolden værd at beskæftige sig som mere og andet end underholdning, spørger forfatter og filosof … More

Borges, Camus, empati, fodbold, fodbold og filosofi, Platon, retfærdighedssans, Sportens idehistorie, stupiditet

Doing Nothing

“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. I can’t be sure.”  These are the opening lines of Albert Camus’s novel The Stranger. … More

Camus, community spirit, coronavirus, existentialism, Iris Murdoch, mindfulness, social mindedness, The Stranger

Spain: between two extremes

Albert Camus once described a nationalist as someone who loves their country too much. I recently wrote a small reflection on … More

Barcelona, Camus, Catalonia, critical journalism, Deleuze, Iris Murdoch, nationalism, pluralism, Spain

Når livet blomstrer

Den 28. november udkommer min nye bog, Når livet blomstrer – Breathe with Jeppe Hein. Jeg har skrevet bogen i forlængelse … More

Breathe with me, Camus, change yourself, eksistentialisme, Finn Janning, Jeppe Hein, Kierkegaard, meditation, mindfulness, Når livet blomstrer

Against separatism

Fernando Savater’s Contra el separatismo is like a breathe of fresh air in a Catalonia marked by years of frustration, … More

Camus, Catalan independence, Catalan separatist, Catalonia, compassion, Contra el separatismo, empathy, Fernando Savater, nationalism, posttruth, seperatism, Spain

Are we thinking?

I’ve been unfairly slow in writing my review of Elizabeth Minnich’s book, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Camus, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, Elizabeth Minnich, indoctrination, Skye Cleary, Spain, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking

Camus: A Life Worth Living

The French writer, Albert Camus was ‘a moralist who insisted that while the world is absurd and allows for no … More

a life worth living, Camus, happiness, meaning, Nietzsche, Robert Zaretsky, Sartre

VM i moral

Jeg har skrevet en kronik. Den fortæller nogle af de moralske historier, som VM i fodbold er fuld af. Læs … More

Camus, etik, fodbold, moral, sport

Glæden ved at dø uden oprør

Jeg har skrevet en kronik, som med afsæt i Albert Camus og Søren Kierkegaard, skitserer en positiv etik. Den kan … More

Camus, Kierkegaard

Happy Death of Gilles Deleuze

I’ve published an essay that deals with the death of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. If you feel like, you … More

Camus, death, Deleuze, happy death of gilles deleuze

BIO

Finn Janning, PhD, is a writer and philosopher.

His works has been featured in Epiphany, Under the Gum Tree, and Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. His most recent books are Stakkels Jim and A Philosophy of Mindfulness.

To Love Slowly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOAbgWLV1bc&t=184s

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