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    We Must Imitate Zelenksy, Not Just Admire Him
    Gordon Marino
    • Mar 22
    • 1 min

    We Must Imitate Zelenksy, Not Just Admire Him

    I am sitting in my cozy library in Northfield Minnesota, about to comment on the war in Ukraine from an existentialist perspective. The...
    Why Kierkegaard believed it’s lazy to admire our moral heroes
    Gordon Marino
    • Jan 12
    • 1 min

    Why Kierkegaard believed it’s lazy to admire our moral heroes

    Søren Kierkegaard, the lyrical Danish philosopher, was keenly observant of the ways in which people ordered their lives. Like an...
    Is balance really the key to a good life?
    Gordon Marino
    • Jan 4
    • 1 min

    Is balance really the key to a good life?

    My philosophy classes usually begin with a sermonette to the effect that philosophy is about loving and acquiring wisdom in contrast to...
    Kierkegaard’s moral phenomenology: When ethical consistency becomes ethical evasion
    Gordon Marino
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kierkegaard’s moral phenomenology: When ethical consistency becomes ethical evasion

    Even though ethics is included as one of the fundamental life perspectives in his famous three-stage theory of human development —...
    “If this isn’t nice, what is?” Fragments of Kurt Vonnegut’s philosophy of life
    Gordon Marino
    • May 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    “If this isn’t nice, what is?” Fragments of Kurt Vonnegut’s philosophy of life

    It is hard to imagine what his level of consternation would be at Facebook friends and virtual communities.
    Are You Listening?
    Gordon Marino
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Are You Listening?

    Ernest Hemingway put it bluntly: “Most people never listen.” Given that meaningful relationships are crucial to human thriving, it is...
    How Do We Survive Anxiety?
    Gordon Marino
    • Jul 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    How Do We Survive Anxiety?

    On the Perils of Procrastination
    Gordon Marino
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    On the Perils of Procrastination

    Gordon Marino can’t wait to tell you about moral self-deception.
    LARB: The Existentialist’s Survival Guide
    Gordon Marino
    • May 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    LARB: The Existentialist’s Survival Guide

    "Hardly Navel-Gazing"
    ‘The Existentialist’s Survival Guide’ Review: Choose Your Own Adventure
    Gordon Marino
    • May 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    ‘The Existentialist’s Survival Guide’ Review: Choose Your Own Adventure

    From the WSJ: When it comes to living, there’s no getting out alive. But books can help us survive, so to speak, by passing on what is...
    What Role Does Envy Play in Your Life?
    Gordon Marino
    • May 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    What Role Does Envy Play in Your Life?

    Now think of a time when you were the envy of others. How did that feel?
    What’s the Use of Regret?
    Gordon Marino
    • Nov 12, 2016
    • 1 min

    What’s the Use of Regret?

    The otherwise jolly veteran-turned-accountant went on to suggest that he had done worse things “over there.”
    Faith Sees Best in the Dark:  Joe Biden, Søren Kierkegaard, and the education of suffering
    Gordon Marino
    • Mar 30, 2016
    • 1 min

    Faith Sees Best in the Dark: Joe Biden, Søren Kierkegaard, and the education of suffering

    Vice President Joe Biden has frequently acknowledged that only his faith has enabled him to endure the untimely death of his son, Beau....
    The Long Conversation
    Gordon Marino
    • Jun 2, 2015
    • 1 min

    The Long Conversation

    Today, discussions about the treatment of mental health problems usually focus on medications and short-term therapies. It is almost as...
    A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’
    Gordon Marino
    • May 17, 2014
    • 1 min

    A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’

    Student advisees often come to my office, rubbing their hands together, furrowing their brows and asking me to walk along with them as...
    Kierkegaard at 200
    Gordon Marino
    • May 3, 2013
    • 1 min

    Kierkegaard at 200

    THE intellectual immortal Soren Kierkegaard turns 200 on Sunday. The lyrical Danish philosopher is widely regarded as the father of...
    The Danish Doctor of Dread
    Gordon Marino
    • Mar 17, 2012
    • 1 min

    The Danish Doctor of Dread

    he way we negotiate anxiety plays no small part in shaping our lives and character. And yet, historically speaking, the lovers of...
    Boxing Lessons
    Gordon Marino
    • Sep 15, 2010
    • 1 min

    Boxing Lessons

    I offer training in both philosophy and boxing. Over the years, some of my colleagues have groused that my work is a contradiction,...
    Counting the ‘Blessings’ of Insomnia
    Gordon Marino
    • Mar 29, 2010
    • 1 min

    Counting the ‘Blessings’ of Insomnia

    Drip, drip, drip — that’s what insomniac thoughts feel like, a leaky faucet behind the eyes. Last night the ideas were plinking;...
    Kierkegaard on the Couch
    Gordon Marino
    • Oct 28, 2009
    • 1 min

    Kierkegaard on the Couch

    All progress paves over some bit of knowledge or washes away some valuable practice. Within a few years, e-mail and Twitter moved the art...
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