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Schopenhauer and Tranquillity
The following is a lecture given at Manchester Metropolitan University in December 2023, written for the Level 4 unit Introduction to Modern Philosophy. CONTENT WARNING: The following post contains themes of suicide which some readers may find distressing. If these themes affect you in any way, you will find details of support services at the…
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Narcissus and Thanatos
The following is a conference paper delivered at the British Phenomenological Society Annual Conference 2023 at Manchester Metropolitan University on August 2023. Introduction In this paper I am primarily concerned with how Gilles Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition can give us an insight into the structures forming a “lived experience” and how we might challenge what…
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Death and Change
In his poem De Rerum Natura, Lucretius describes the nature of things from the perspective of Epicureanism. As well as providing us with reasons not to fear death, Lucretius also gives a fascinating account of how death is involved in much of our daily lives. A Material World Lucretius’ work is naturalistic, exploring the nature…
Death and Happiness 