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Tag: love

Love holds the potential for political change

“Loving people is the only thing worth living for.” – Søren Kierkegaard I believe that all kinds of discrimination, hate … More

All about love, Arendt, Bell Hooks, Kierkegaard, love, Love as a political concept, mindfulness, Works of Love

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

“And me?”

Simone de Beauvoir’s novella Inseparable is remarkable in several ways: It was written in 1954 but has remained hidden away … More

authentic love, autofiction, Beauvoir's new novel, existentialism, freedom, friendship, inauthentic love, Inseparable, love, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, The second sex

To Love Everyone as Equals

Imagine you were Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist. Then there would be nothing confusing about the remark: “Love your neighbor as … More

existentialism, freedom, hatred, identity politics, ignorance, Kierkegaard, love

A Borderless Life

I published an essay in The Magnolia Review. It’s called “A Borderless Life” and can be read here.

Attention, Breathe with me, Buddhism, Kierkegaard, love, meditation, mindfulness, Simone Weil

As equals

Somewhere, I read that Black Lives Matter (BLM) is all about love. I like that. I think it’s true—all kinds … More

BLM, change management, How to be an antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi, Iris Murdoch, love, Love as a political concept, mindfulness, Søren Kierkegaard, Simone Weil

Freedom is the element of love

Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher and the so-called “father of existentialism” was born today, May 5 in 1813. To celebrate, … More

Byung-Chul Han, existentialism, Kierkegaard, love, love all people as equals, mindfulness, politics of love, Power, racism, sexism, Works of Love

Kierkegaard: Love, literature & life

“Loving people is the only thing worth living for.” – Søren Kierkegaard I will be participating in the “Ciclo de … More

Attention, Deleuze, Kierkegaard, Knausgård, love, Love as a political concept, Murdoch, Olafur Eliasson, Weil, Wittgenstein

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

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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

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