💭 Desire And The Will

Philosophical investigations into whether we choose what we want, and how willpower and desire cooperate or conflict in shaping human action.

Aspiration

by Agnes Callard • 2018

Most decisions assume fixed desires. The case for changing what you want, not just getting it.

3.76

204

🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧭 Practical Reason

Aspiration 88%

Most decisions assume fixed desires. The case for changing what you want, not just getting it.

by Agnes Callard 2018

3.76

204 ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧭 Practical Reason

Rationality in Action

by John Rogers Searle • 2003

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

3.67

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies

Rationality in Action 88%

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

by John Rogers Searle 2003

3.67

64 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies

Discipline Is Destiny

by Ryan Holiday • 2022

Ambition is celebrated. Self-control is ignored. The Stoics knew which one actually shapes a life.

4.25

24k+

🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 🧠 Self-Control ⚡ Impulse Control

Discipline Is Destiny 87%

Ambition is celebrated. Self-control is ignored. The Stoics knew which one actually shapes a life.

by Ryan Holiday 2022

4.25

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 🧠 Self-Control ⚡ Impulse Control

Studies in Pessimism

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1890

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

3.88

2k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

Studies in Pessimism 87%

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890

3.88

2k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

The Act of Will

by Roberto Assagioli • 1973

We conquered the atom but lost ourselves. The forgotten faculty that restores balance.

4.08

240

🧠 Psychosynthesis 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 💪 Will Training

The Act of Will 87%

We conquered the atom but lost ourselves. The forgotten faculty that restores balance.

by Roberto Assagioli 1973

4.08

240 ratings

🧠 Psychosynthesis 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 💪 Will Training

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1818

Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.

4.22

11k+

🧠 German Idealism 🏴 Philosophical Pessimism 💫 Metaphysics Of Will

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I 87%

Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818

4.22

11k+ ratings

🧠 German Idealism 🏴 Philosophical Pessimism 💫 Metaphysics Of Will

Mating in Captivity

by Esther Perel • 2006

Love wants closeness. Lust wants distance. A couples therapist on the clash that deadens bedrooms.

4.17

50k+

🔥 Erotic Desire 💑 Couples Therapy ⚡ Intimacy And Desire

Mating in Captivity 87%

Love wants closeness. Lust wants distance. A couples therapist on the clash that deadens bedrooms.

by Esther Perel 2006

4.17

50k+ ratings

🔥 Erotic Desire 💑 Couples Therapy ⚡ Intimacy And Desire

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored

by Phillips • 1993

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

3.74

825

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored Summary

On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored 87%

What you want hides inside what stops you: essays on kissing, worry, and the unexamined.

by Phillips 1993

3.74

825 ratings

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🛋️ Everyday Psychoanalysis 👶 British Object Relations

İrade Terbiyesi

by Jules Payot • 1895

Willpower is trained, not inherited. The 1895 method: start with the body, not the mind.

3.70

2k+

💪 Willpower Training 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

İrade Terbiyesi 87%

Willpower is trained, not inherited. The 1895 method: start with the body, not the mind.

by Jules Payot 1895

3.70

2k+ ratings

💪 Willpower Training 🔄 Habit Formation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

How to Live

by Derek Sivers • 2021

The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.

4.16

3k+

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🪓 Self-Reliance

How to Live 87%

The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.

by Derek Sivers 2021

4.16

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🪓 Self-Reliance

The Philosophy of Redemption

by Philipp Mainländer • 1876

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

4.19

295

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will

The Philosophy of Redemption 87%

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

by Philipp Mainländer 1876

4.19

295 ratings

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will

Eleven Minutes

by Paulo Coelho • 2003

A Brazilian prostitute in Geneva meets a painter who sees her soul, not her body.

3.72

192k+

🔮 Philosophical Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse ✨ Sacred Sexuality

Eleven Minutes 86%

A Brazilian prostitute in Geneva meets a painter who sees her soul, not her body.

by Paulo Coelho 2003

3.72

192k+ ratings

🔮 Philosophical Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse ✨ Sacred Sexuality

The Power of Unwavering Focus

by Dandapani • 2022

Your attention shapes your life, but nobody taught you to aim it. A former monk fills that gap.

4.30

782

🧠 Focus Training 🎯 Attention Management 💪 Willpower Development

The Power of Unwavering Focus 86%

Your attention shapes your life, but nobody taught you to aim it. A former monk fills that gap.

by Dandapani 2022

4.30

782 ratings

🧠 Focus Training 🎯 Attention Management 💪 Willpower Development

Magic of Faith

by Joseph Murphy • 2008

Accept a desire as already fulfilled: the forgotten key that turns faith into direct experience.

4.42

549

🏛️ New Thought Movement ✨ Practical Mysticism 💎 Inner Divinity

Magic of Faith 86%

Accept a desire as already fulfilled: the forgotten key that turns faith into direct experience.

by Joseph Murphy 2008

4.42

549 ratings

🏛️ New Thought Movement ✨ Practical Mysticism 💎 Inner Divinity

The Strength to Dream

by Colin Wilson • 1962

The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.

3.93

123

📝 Literary Criticism 🎨 Philosophy Of Art 🧠 Existentialism

The Strength to Dream 86%

The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.

by Colin Wilson 1962

3.93

123 ratings

📝 Literary Criticism 🎨 Philosophy Of Art 🧠 Existentialism

La felicidad

by Gabriel Rolón • 2023

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

3.94

2k+

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

La felicidad 86%

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

by Gabriel Rolón 2023

3.94

2k+ ratings

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis

On the Suffering of the World

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1850

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

3.86

3k+

🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will

On the Suffering of the World 86%

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850

3.86

3k+ ratings

🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will

The Age of Defeat

by Colin Wilson • 1959

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

4.00

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

The Age of Defeat 86%

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

by Colin Wilson 1959

4.00

59 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

Carpe Diem

by Roman Alexander Krznaric • 2017

Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.

3.76

385

🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help ✊ Political Activism 💀 Death Awareness

Carpe Diem 86%

Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.

by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017

3.76

385 ratings

🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help ✊ Political Activism 💀 Death Awareness

The Power of Divine Eros

by A.H. Almaas • 2013

Desire isn't your obstacle to awakening. It's the path, and sex is its most direct route.

4.07

📿 Sacred Sexuality 🧘 Embodied Spirituality 🔍 Spiritual Psychology

The Power of Divine Eros 86%

Desire isn't your obstacle to awakening. It's the path, and sex is its most direct route.

by A.H. Almaas 2013

4.07

59 ratings

📿 Sacred Sexuality 🧘 Embodied Spirituality 🔍 Spiritual Psychology

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo • 2019

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

3.71

174k+

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire

Three Women 86%

Eight years inside three lives. What female desire actually looks like, and what it costs.

by Lisa Taddeo 2019

3.71

174k+ ratings

🔥 Female Desire 💔 Sexual Trauma 💍 Marriage And Desire

How to Read Lacan

by Slavoj Žižek • 2006

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

3.94

4k+

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

How to Read Lacan 86%

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

by Slavoj Žižek 2006

3.94

4k+ ratings

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

Anyway

by Kent M. Keith • 2001

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

4.09

665

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Anyway 86%

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

by Kent M. Keith 2001

4.09

665 ratings

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Looking Awry

by Slavoj Žižek • 1991

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique

Looking Awry 86%

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

by Slavoj Žižek 1991

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique

The Misfits

by Colin Wilson • 1988

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

3.69

121

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History

The Misfits 86%

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

by Colin Wilson 1988

3.69

121 ratings

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History

Hell Yeah or No

by Derek Sivers • 2020

If a yes isn't enthusiastic, it's a no: the single filter for reclaiming your life.

4.17

5k+

🧭 Life Design 🚦 Decision Filters 🎯 Sequential Focus

Hell Yeah or No 86%

If a yes isn't enthusiastic, it's a no: the single filter for reclaiming your life.

by Derek Sivers 2020

4.17

5k+ ratings

🧭 Life Design 🚦 Decision Filters 🎯 Sequential Focus

by Robert A. Johnson • 1983

Love feels divine because you're projecting your soul onto another person. A myth shows the cure.

4.20

2k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology ❤️ Psychology Of Love 👤 Anima Projection

We 86%

Love feels divine because you're projecting your soul onto another person. A myth shows the cure.

by Robert A. Johnson 1983

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology ❤️ Psychology Of Love 👤 Anima Projection

How To Be A Success

by Paramahansa Yogananda • 2008

Harness will power, concentration, and spiritual wisdom to achieve success without losing your soul.

4.55

126

🧘‍♀️ Modern Yoga Philosophy 💪 Will Power 🎯 Concentration Practice

How To Be A Success 86%

Harness will power, concentration, and spiritual wisdom to achieve success without losing your soul.

by Paramahansa Yogananda 2008

4.55

126 ratings

🧘‍♀️ Modern Yoga Philosophy 💪 Will Power 🎯 Concentration Practice

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

by Katherine Angel • 2021

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

4.06

6k+

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again 86%

Consent asks women to know what they want before anything starts. Desire doesn't work that way.

by Katherine Angel 2021

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Sexual Ethics 🔍 Consent Critique 🌺 Female Desire

Journey to Ixtlan

by Carlos Castaneda • 1972

A stranger's three questions expose the single mistake behind burnout, debt, and the fear of dying.

4.12

14k+

🧭 Finding Purpose ⚡ Selective Effort 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Journey to Ixtlan 86%

A stranger's three questions expose the single mistake behind burnout, debt, and the fear of dying.

by Carlos Castaneda 1972

4.12

14k+ ratings

🧭 Finding Purpose ⚡ Selective Effort 🛒 Consumerism Critique

Pushing to the Front or Success Under Difficulties

by Orison Swett Marden • 1894

Talent is common. Character is not. The 1894 classic on building the one thing that outlasts luck.

4.31

198

📜 Victorian Self-Help ⚖️ Moral Character 🌱 Growth Through Adversity

Pushing to the Front or Success Under Difficulties Summary

Pushing to the Front or Success Under Difficulties 86%

Talent is common. Character is not. The 1894 classic on building the one thing that outlasts luck.

by Orison Swett Marden 1894

4.31

198 ratings

📜 Victorian Self-Help ⚖️ Moral Character 🌱 Growth Through Adversity

The Joy of Missing Out

by Svend Brinkmann • 2017

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

3.61

1k+

🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Joy of Missing Out 86%

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

by Svend Brinkmann 2017

3.61

1k+ ratings

🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

A Million Thoughts

by Om Swami • 2016

A Himalayan monk’s system: still the mind by watching thoughts dissolve, not by fighting them.

4.61

1k+

🧘 Meditation Practice 🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 👁️ Thought Observation

A Million Thoughts 86%

A Himalayan monk’s system: still the mind by watching thoughts dissolve, not by fighting them.

by Om Swami 2016

4.61

1k+ ratings

🧘 Meditation Practice 🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 👁️ Thought Observation

You Could Be Having Better Sex

by Nicole McNichols • 2026

Great sex is a skill. Master the pleasure cycle, honest talk, and outgrow mediocre sex.

4.24

102

🧘 Sexual Wellness 🧠 Desire Mechanics 🗣️ Sexual Communication

You Could Be Having Better Sex 86%

Great sex is a skill. Master the pleasure cycle, honest talk, and outgrow mediocre sex.

by Nicole McNichols 2026

4.24

102 ratings

🧘 Sexual Wellness 🧠 Desire Mechanics 🗣️ Sexual Communication

The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.

4.40

172

🌿 Modern Stoicism 🎯 Purpose Over Passion 🧘 Emotional Discipline

The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy Summary

The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy 86%

Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.

by Ryan Holiday

4.40

172 ratings

🌿 Modern Stoicism 🎯 Purpose Over Passion 🧘 Emotional Discipline

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO

by Robin Sharma • 2003

A shattered man meets a saint, a surfer, and a CEO who guide him to truth.

4.04

7k+

🧘 Parable Self-Help ✨ Mind-Body-Spirit 💼 Business With Heart

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO Summary

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO 86%

A shattered man meets a saint, a surfer, and a CEO who guide him to truth.

by Robin Sharma 2003

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧘 Parable Self-Help ✨ Mind-Body-Spirit 💼 Business With Heart

Freedom and Destiny

by Rollo May • 1981

The struggle with limits, not their absence, is the source of human freedom and creativity.

4.24

299

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🤔 Existential Philosophy 🔗 Freedom And Limits

Freedom and Destiny 86%

The struggle with limits, not their absence, is the source of human freedom and creativity.

by Rollo May 1981

4.24

299 ratings

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🤔 Existential Philosophy 🔗 Freedom And Limits

Things That Matter

by Joshua Becker • 2022

Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.

3.81

4k+

🏠 Modern Minimalism 🔍 Purpose And Meaning 🎯 Distraction And Focus

Things That Matter 86%

Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.

by Joshua Becker 2022

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏠 Modern Minimalism 🔍 Purpose And Meaning 🎯 Distraction And Focus

Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life

by William Walker Atkinson • 1996

A century-old mental system for projecting will, training the gaze, and attracting your own.

4.08

🌀 New Thought Movement 🧠 Mind Power ⚡ Willpower Training

Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life Summary

Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life 86%

A century-old mental system for projecting will, training the gaze, and attracting your own.

by William Walker Atkinson 1996

4.08

26 ratings

🌀 New Thought Movement 🧠 Mind Power ⚡ Willpower Training

El precio de la pasión

by Gabriel Rolón • 2019

The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.

3.96

932

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🌌 Existential Psychology 💔 Love And Loss

El precio de la pasión 86%

The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.

by Gabriel Rolón 2019

3.96

932 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🌌 Existential Psychology 💔 Love And Loss

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

by John Kaag • 2021

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

3.65

859

🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds 86%

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

by John Kaag 2021

3.65

859 ratings

🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Sun and Steel

by Yukio Mishima • 1968

Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.

3.83

9k+

🎋 Japanese Aesthetics 🧠 Mind Body Dualism ⚔️ Bushido

Sun and Steel 86%

Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.

by Yukio Mishima 1968

3.83

9k+ ratings

🎋 Japanese Aesthetics 🧠 Mind Body Dualism ⚔️ Bushido

What It Takes To Be Free

by Darius Foroux • 2019

Twelve principles that break obligation, guilt, and debt, so you can finally run your own life.

4.10

700

🕊️ Personal Freedom 🧭 Value-Based Living 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

What It Takes To Be Free 86%

Twelve principles that break obligation, guilt, and debt, so you can finally run your own life.

by Darius Foroux 2019

4.10

700 ratings

🕊️ Personal Freedom 🧭 Value-Based Living 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Secrets to Charisma and Personal Magnetism

by Bruno Martins • 2016

A step-by-step energy system that turns your eyes, voice, and posture into instruments of influence.

3.33

🧲 Personal Magnetism ⚡ Energy Work 🧠 Mental Discipline

The Secrets to Charisma and Personal Magnetism Summary

The Secrets to Charisma and Personal Magnetism 86%

A step-by-step energy system that turns your eyes, voice, and posture into instruments of influence.

by Bruno Martins 2016

3.33

21 ratings

🧲 Personal Magnetism ⚡ Energy Work 🧠 Mental Discipline

Get It Done

by Ayelet Fishbach • 2022

Your goals fail in the middle, not at the start. The science that fixes the slump.

3.55

1k+

🧪 Behavioral Science 🧠 Motivation Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation

Get It Done 86%

Your goals fail in the middle, not at the start. The science that fixes the slump.

by Ayelet Fishbach 2022

3.55

1k+ ratings

🧪 Behavioral Science 🧠 Motivation Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation

How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai

by Anthony Raymond • 2019

Small steps plus clear purpose: a Japanese formula for ending procrastination and reaching goals.

4.15

195

🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🏯 Japanese Philosophy

How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai Summary

How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai 86%

Small steps plus clear purpose: a Japanese formula for ending procrastination and reaching goals.

by Anthony Raymond 2019

4.15

195 ratings

🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🏯 Japanese Philosophy

How To Think More About Sex

by Alain de Botton • 2012

Love and desire often can't coexist. The problem isn't you; it's the ideal.

3.47

6k+

🧠 Sexual Psychology 💘 Modern Love 🧩 Relationship Realism

How To Think More About Sex 86%

Love and desire often can't coexist. The problem isn't you; it's the ideal.

by Alain de Botton 2012

3.47

6k+ ratings

🧠 Sexual Psychology 💘 Modern Love 🧩 Relationship Realism

Chop Wood Carry Water

by Joshua Medcalf • 2015

Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.

4.09

9k+

🔄 Process Over Outcome 🧱 Small Daily Actions 💎 Intrinsic Worth

Chop Wood Carry Water 86%

Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.

by Joshua Medcalf 2015

4.09

9k+ ratings

🔄 Process Over Outcome 🧱 Small Daily Actions 💎 Intrinsic Worth

Freedom and Neurobiology

by John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

Freedom and Neurobiology 86%

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

by John Rogers Searle 2005

3.56

246 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

The Heart To Start

by David Kadavy • 2017

Procrastination isn't laziness. It's ego. The fix is embracing terrible first drafts.

4.16

1k+

🧱 Creative Blocks 💯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

The Heart To Start 86%

Procrastination isn't laziness. It's ego. The fix is embracing terrible first drafts.

by David Kadavy 2017

4.16

1k+ ratings

🧱 Creative Blocks 💯 Perfectionism ⏳ Procrastination

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