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Tag: compassion

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

Things Should Not Return to Normal

Spain—the country closed down two weeks ago—Friday, March 13, to be exact. As an uninvited ‘guest,’ the Coronavirus invites all … More

community spirit, compassion, coronavirus, Ethical Demand, freedom, Løgstrup, mindfulness, obligation, responsibility, social mindedness, trust

Catching life

Recently, I bought a boxset with the Television series Twin Peaks and David Lynch’s book Catching the Big Fish.  “Ideas are like fish”, … More

Arne Næss, compassion, David Lynch, Ecosophy, generous ethics, Jørgen Leth, love, Roberto Bolaño, social bonds, True Detective, Twin Peaks

Where Does the Wind Come From?

“Where does the wind come from?” my son asked. I wetted my finger and stuck it in the air. A … More

compassion, creative nonfiction, identity politics, love, nowhere

Compassion – Toward an Ethics of Mindfulness

This work is guided by two hypotheses with one overall objective of establishing an ethics of mindfulness . The first … More

Buddhism, compassion, compassionate leadership, Deleuze, empathy, Ethics, ethics of mindfulness, mindfulness

We’re All Accountable

… From my essay on sexism, morality, identity politics, and compassion: “I remember Rebecca Solnit saying something about men being … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Beauvoir, compassion, identity politics, mindfulness, misogyny, Philosophy, sexism, Solnit, Teaching mindfulness, Weinstein

What is happening in Catalonia?

The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has won many literary prices, including the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2015, and the Premio … More

bad faith, Catalonia, Catalonien, compassion, democracy, empathy, Franco, freedom, Hvad sker der i Catalonien?, independency, Mendoza, PrimaveraCatalana, Puigdemont, Sartre, Spain, Spanien, What is happening in Catalonia

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

Compassion in Catalonia

Since 2008, I’ve lived in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. My wife is from Barcelona. She’s both Catalan and Spanish, and … More

Catalonia, Cataluña, compassion, Karma, Spain

True Detective

I have published the essay, True Detective: Pessimism, Buddhism or Philosophy? The aim of this essay is to raise two … More

anti-natalist, Buddhism, compassion, David Benatar, Deleuze, love, mindfulness, Pessimism, Thomas Ligotti, True Detective

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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