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Tag: Camus

Living by Courage, Generosity & Wisdom

Finn Janning says empathy and compassion are necessary for our thriving and even our survival. “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. … More

Beauvoir, Camus, compassion, Dalai Lama, Darwin, Edith Stein, empathy, Ethics, existentialism, love, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Simone de Beauvoir

Opmærksomhedens filosofi

Den 17. juni udkommer jeg med bogen Opmærksomhedens filosofi – frihed, kærlighed og fodbold. Den, der tænker klart, lever klart… … More

Camus, cykling, filosofi, fodbold, Iris Murdoch, kærlighed, meditation, mindfulness, Simone Weil, sportsfilosofi, tænksomhed, Wittgenstein

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

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

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. Selvom der er tale om en … 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, Sportens idehistorie, sportsfilosofi

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BIO

Finn Janning, PhD, is a writer and a philosopher.

His work has been featured in Epiphany, Under the Gum Tree, Philosophy Now, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among other publications. His most recent books are Opmærksomhedens filosofi, Stakkels Jim and A Philosophy of Mindfulness.

To Love Slowly

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

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