Topic

Independence

3 essays on independence from the Consilium journal. Featuring Peter Drucker, Ursula K. Le Guin, Carl Jung. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Career

Should I Stay at the Company or Bet on Myself?

Drucker says identify your strengths before deciding anything. Le Guin says every institution is an arrangement, not a necessity. Jung says the unlived life has a cost.

Peter DruckerUrsula K. Le GuinCarl JungRiskIndependence

Ethics

Is Loyalty Always a Virtue?

Three thinkers disagree about blind loyalty. Machiavelli asks what the situation requires. Havel asks what you refuse to say. Wollstonecraft asks who benefits.

Niccolo MachiavelliVaclav HavelMary WollstonecraftLoyaltyIntegrityIndependence

Relationships

Can You Love Someone and Still Be Yourself?

Three thinkers on losing yourself in love. Erich Fromm says love should not cost you. Virginia Woolf says protect the room of your own. Rilke says let the distance stay.

Erich FrommVirginia WoolfRainer Maria RilkeLoveIndependenceSelf-Discovery

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Carl Jung Erich Fromm Mary Wollstonecraft Niccolo Machiavelli Peter Drucker Rainer Maria Rilke Ursula K. Le Guin Vaclav Havel Virginia Woolf Integrity Love Loyalty Risk Self-Discovery

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