Introduction Time is perhaps the most valuable resource we possess, yet it is also the one we understand and control the least. We save money, protect our possessions, plan our careers, and invest in relationships, but time continues to move silently regardless of whether we use it wisely or waste it. In Temporalism , Ilia Sheludiakov takes this universal reality and turns it into the foundation of a practical philosophy for living. The book begins from a deeply personal question: what happens when time starts feeling like an enemy rather than an ally? Sheludiakov openly describes reaching a stage where he felt that, as time passed, he was destroying more than he was building, reacting rather than creating, and serving his present self at the expense of his future self. From this realization emerges the central question of the book: can we structure our lives so that the passage of time works in our favour? Temporalism The central philosophy of the book is captured in one si...
Introduction Dario Tonelli’s The Skeptic’s Paradox is an ambitious and thought-provoking dive into one of humanity’s oldest and most frustrating philosophical questions: do we truly have free will, or is it all just an illusion created by the wiring of our brains? From the very first page, Tonelli makes it clear that his aim is not to solve the riddle once and for all, but to explore its depth with curiosity and honesty. In doing so, he crafts a book that feels as much like a philosophical conversation as it does a personal journey. The Skeptic’s Paradox The book opens with an engaging and relatable scene: a conversation between a professor and his student over dinner. The professor declares he has irrefutable proof that free will does not exist. As the stunned narrator tries to absorb this news, the waiter approaches to ask for an order, forcing an immediate confrontation between theory and lived experience. It is here that Tonelli introduces what he calls the “skeptic’s pa...