The godess isis, louvre, Paris

Allahu akbar: God is even greater

The last man has not only killed God. He makes everything small, according to Nietzsche in Zarathustra. He himself becomes homo economicus, a screw, in the mechanistic understanding since the Enlightenment. The last strong countermovement against this dehumanization of humankind, which was triggered by the…
Novalis was a real Romantic. The entrepreneur, philosopher and poet had nothing to do with the kitschy image we associate with Romanticism today. And he was a cynic. Real romantics are real cynics

Real romantics are real cynics

Romanticism has little to do with what most people imagine it to be today. Early Romanticism in particular was anything but " enthusiastic" and dreamy. "Gushers" were, on the contrary, even an enemy for the Romantics. Likewise, the Romantics did not want to return to…
Live is to discriminate

Live is to discriminate

As a result of Christian and post-Christian slave morality (Nietzsche) and socialist dreams, but also as a result of the domination interests of the states, egalitarianism is currently being propagated on an unprecedented scale. Discriminate, a neutral term until the 19th century, first experienced a…
a letter with a "refused" stamp

Understand the difference between acceptance and approval

One of the requirements of the client-centered approach of Carl Rogers is to accept messages from the client or the person you are talking to at all costs. Now, however, in everyday life, both in the U.S., as far as I know, but at least…
Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers: Parrhesia in psychotherapy.

For me, Carl Rogers is one of the most important people of the 20th century, along with Paul Goodman. And indeed Carl Rogers is considered the most influential psychotherapist, even ahead of Sigmund Freud. His psychotherapy concept is essentially based on parrhersia. His insights can…
Refuse self-improvement. So you can get better.

Refuse self-improvement. So you can get better.

If you want to practice the virtue of parrhesia on your own without a fascilitator, the first step, of course, is to learn to listen to yourself acceptingly and to learn to overcome scruples. It's not about training skills that will make you a better…
You own everything

You own everything

The whole world is your property, says the romantic and cynic Novalis: you own everything. The state will own everything, says the NWO-evangelist Klaus Schwab. You own nothing . You will rent everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx3DhoLFO4s You own what you have a legal claim to, most say:…
Be an opportunist

Be an opportunist

Opportunists don't have the best reputation. They have no moral principles. They simply take advantage of every opportunity that comes their way without restraint or scruples. That's right, we work hard to live up to precisely this image of the opportunist, including overcoming our guilty…
Cynicism in Capitalism

Cynicism in Capitalism

Cynicism is closely related to the idea of the invisible hand, a metaphor for God, attributed to Adam Smith. This idea of capitalism stands for the self-realization of all people and is convinced that if people take care of their own business, then everything together…
golden eagle

Parrhesia: Only one virtue, a radical alternative path

Cynic ethics differs from modern ethical conceptions first by being a virtue ethics that knows only one goal: eudaimonia. Then it stands out from the other virtue ethics that emerged in antiquity in that it knows only one virtue: parrhesia. Can this path be convincing?…