Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning

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Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl describes his internal struggle to find reasons to live during his incarceration in the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp.

Capable Men of History: Sun Tzu

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The Art of War is undoubtedly the most influential treatise on war ever written. A masterpiece of war and strategy that is still universally employed today.

Mental Models: Cognitive Weaponisation

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We can’t entirely depend on personal experience and intuition to formulate an accurate worldview. Learn how you can use mental models to see the world through a broader lens.

Capable Men of History: Socrates

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It would be better for me—that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself. Socrates [470– 399 BC]

Capable Men of History: Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius [121 AD–180 AD] Military Leader, Scholar, Stoic and Emperor of Rome. Leaving behind a reputation as one of the most respected emperors in history.

Capable Men of History: Aristotle

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Aristotle (384–322 BC) stands as one the greatest philosophers of all time. What was it that made him so influential? And what wisdom has he imparted upon the ages?