The Eternal Witness: Conscience in Dostoevsky’s Novels

The ever present witness

Oct 15 • Floris van Doorn

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The Multifaceted Psychology of Desire

The joy of life as an end-in-itself

Oct 10 • Floris van Doorn

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September 2026

On Overcoming Loneliness

Memoirs and reflections of a recent past

Sep 28 • Floris van Doorn

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Russia of the 19th Century: Anxious Tsars, Poor Peasants and Isolated Intellectuals

An essential historical background to understand Russian literature

Sep 13 • Floris van Doorn

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Dare to Think: The Danger of Using Politics for Social Gain

When truth becomes secondary

Sep 6 • Floris van Doorn

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The Diary of Schiele: The life he could only paint

A diary Schiele never kept: the mirror he broke, the woman he lost, the family he painted before it existed.

Published on it's art • Sep 1

August 2026

The Roots of Nihilism I: Fathers and Sons

The novel that introduced nihilism in Russia

Aug 27 • Floris van Doorn

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The Unbearable Complexity Of The Individual

Longing for totality and the danger of group identities

Aug 13 • Floris van Doorn

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July 2026

My Strange Relationship With Beauty

How coming to terms with my need for beauty changed my life

Jul 31 • Floris van Doorn

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Gen Z’s Problem with Therapy Speak and Self-Diagnosing

Giving teenagers the freedom to experiment without permanence.

Jul 6 • Floris van Doorn

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The Power of Context: Variable Values

How our values aren’t fixed completely dependable on context

Jul 3 • Floris van Doorn

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June 2026

Why the humanities matter: The importance of Bildung

The true purpose of the Arts

Jun 24 • Floris van Doorn

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