Category Archives: Emotions

22
Mar

The Art of Cultivating Friends

“Without friendship no one would want to live, even if they were to have all other possessions […]; for what is the point of prosperity if it is deprived of the ability to do good to one’s friends?”

Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics (more…)

2
Jan

The self and others: mirror neurons

In the sixties, Albert Bandura carried out an experiment that was a revelation at the time. He showed a group of children a recording of someone beating a doll. (more…)

8
Jan

Money + sex = happiness?

We all know that love and sex sell. You’ve only got to take a look at the rankings of the most visited web sites in the world: sexual contacts, products with the most outlandish claims and pornography. (more…)

11
Nov

What are we afraid of?

The current crisis has opened a veritable Pandora’s box of fears. Fear is an emotion we are born with and which helps us to take necessary precautions. (more…)