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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 (from the Bible)
Poem In the opening chapter of Ecclesiastes, a speaker who identifies themself as a preacher and king of Jerusalem proclaim a deeply nihilistic...
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Excellence in opera or saving a life? Your choice.
Article In this article, Peter Singer questions where one ought to direct their charitable donations. For example, does donating to prevent...
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God's Grandeur
Poem In this poem, Hopkins proclaims God's presence in the natural world, and bemoans humankind's severed connection to it. He laments...
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Karl Marx on Alienation
Video In this video, BBC Radio explains Marx's views on alienation. According to Marx, authentic work is what makes us human....
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Philosophical Text In this classic work of stoic philosophy, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius writes notes to himself recording his thoughts on the good...
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My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual
Book From the book description: "In My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers...
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Our Real Work
Poem It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and...
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Status Anxiety
Book In this book, Alain de Botton explores the anxiety induced by fear of what others think of us. He explains...
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To be of use
Poem In this poem, Marge Piercy glorifies work and workers. She claims that meaningful work is a natural desire of humans, and...
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Wages Against Housework
Article In this short essay, Silvia Federici argues not only that women should receive wages for the housework they are expected to do, but...
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Work and the Good Life Method (Selections from "Nicomachean Ethics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he discusses what it takes to live a good life. Aristotle argues that, like...