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Spiritual Love Originates Shared Suffering Pity Erraticus Derek Parsons Sick Child Edvard Munch
("The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch, 1925)
Essays Philosophy 

Love Originates in Shared Suffering and Pity

January 4, 2021April 28, 2021 8 min read Derek Parsons Love, Relationships, Suffering, Tragedy

The early twentieth-century Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno clarifies the places and events from which love emerges.

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Michel Serres A Poetic Philosopher Erraticus Image by Manuel Cohen
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Essays Philosophy 

Michel Serres, A Poetic Philosopher

June 10, 2019June 1, 2020 9 min read Finn Janning Epistemology, Love

Michel Serres was a life-affirming philosopher whose emphatic style humanized science, encouraged empathy, and accepted our chaotic origins.

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Love Hate Groups Marketing Bigotry Erraticus Image Tony Webster
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Essays Society 

Love in the Hands of Hate Groups: The Marketing of Bigotry

June 3, 2019April 30, 2021 18 min read Erin Moore Essential Reading, Love, Racism

Hate groups have undertaken modern marketing practices to more effectively recruit—dressing up their message in more universal language.

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Agape Restaurants Could Revive Toleration and Multiculturalism—Jeffrey Howard—Image—Kevin Curtis—Erraticus
(Kevin Curtis)
Culture Essays 

Agape Restaurants Could Revive Toleration and Multiculturalism

July 9, 2018May 19, 2021 14 min read Jeffrey Howard Emotional Intelligence, Love, Multiculturalism, Polarization

Debates surrounding tribalism and bigotry abound, many focused on biased media or public policy. Agape Restaurants conceptualize food as a cultural force for realizing toleration and nurturing community—all while dining with strangers.

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Sonnet #1: Our Own Élan Vital

April 27, 2018January 26, 2020 0 min read Joshua R. H. Parsons Love

“Her kiss leaves blood for me to fore’er taste; / (Drowning within one’s insecurities.)”

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For Love’s Sake, Let’s Reclaim the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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Culture Essays 

For Love’s Sake, Let’s Reclaim the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

December 11, 2017June 11, 2021 11 min read Jeffrey Howard Archetypes, Love, Myth, Relationships

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a deservedly maligned Hollywood trope. But, she hearkens to an ancient archetype which can unlock a deeper understanding of love.

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“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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