The School of Life - Channel
The School of Life is both a You Tube channel and a real-life school (for adults) in 10 locations around the world devoted to emotional education. We're fascinated by the sort of questions we're never taught enough about at regular school or college: How can relationships go well? What is meaningful work? How can love last? How can one find calm? What's gone wrong (and right) with capitalism? We love the humanities, especially philosophy, psychotherapy, literature and art - always going to them in search of ideas that are thought-provoking, useful and consoling. We're about wisdom, emotional intelligence and self-understanding. We have 10 physical campuses around the world, a shop online and a blog, The Book of Life.
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POP CULTURE: Pop and Philosophy
Pop music and philosophy would seem, at first glance, to have little to say to one another. But i... -
Who Am I?
What is it that makes us most distinctively ourselves? Our bodies, our memories, our values...? T... -
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
You'll try not to of course - but you will, unwittingly. At least there is comfort in knowing you... -
Reasons to Remain Single
The pressure to be in a relationship, and the suggestion that anyone who isn’t in one is weird an... -
Why We Go Cold On Our Partners
Going cold on our partners is often a sign not that we have stopped caring, but that we are - som... -
Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich
The reason why some countries are rich and others poor depends on many things, including the qual... -
LITERATURE - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Russian 19th century novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky deserves our attention for the austerity and... -
POLITICAL THEORY - John Ruskin
John Ruskin was an art critic who believed the immorality of 19th century capitalism could be hig... -
Why Love Involves Teaching
We often equate true love with being accepted 'for who we really are'. But given how many flaws w... -
How To Be Selfish
We are used to thinking very badly of selfishness. But knowing how – at points – to put ourselves... -
How to Deal With A Crisis of Meaning
Many of us are regularly thrown off course by what we might term ‘crisis of meaning’; periods whe... -
Why Design Matters
Far from being some sort of luxury or add-on, good design is central to a good society. It change...
