A self-reflective newsletter from author Jim Palmer about meaning, self-trust and authority after leaving religion, often promoting his book The Practice of Being Alive. Readers get essays that question their own reliance on teachers and an honest look at the writer's influence and livelihood.
Website: https://jimpalmerauthor.substack.com
A therapist-philosopher writes long, essayistic pieces that mix existentialist philosophy, clinical experience and close readings of research on states like boredom, silence and adult ADHD diagnosis. Readers get an original argument per issue, drawn from a forthcoming book on inhibition and from the consulting room.
A short-essay newsletter by Floris van Doorn that uses everyday questions such as conscience, loneliness and desire to explore existentialist and literary philosophy through Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus and Nietzsche. Readers get free, accessible, personal and close-reading essays meant to be read in a few minutes.
A weekly publication from the New York Philosophical Society featuring personal, literary essays that apply philosophical ideas to education, everyday life and work. Readers get accessible, voice-driven pieces drawing on figures like Cavell, Camus and Byung-Chul Han.
Essays in Persian that meditate on existence, consciousness, suffering and the absurd, often using lyrical imagery and metaphor. Readers get literary-philosophical reflections on what it means to live, rather than news or practical guidance.
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