Kingston university wellbeing Videos

• 1. Video Game Test 2
• 2. How to encourage our communities to be aware, and responsive to people living with dementia?
• 3. How can we make the transition into retirement controlled and even enjoyable?
• 4. How do we encourage members of the community to be aware of the available services?
• 5. How to make available suitable activities in which informal carers can join?
• 6. My Home - welcome to Kingston University
• 7. Kingston Police Seeking to Identify Woman Posing as Nurse or PSW
• 8. Kingston Business Expo 2013
• 9. Ancient philosophy and the modern politics of wellbeing

Video Game Test 2

How to encourage our communities to be aware, and responsive to people living with dementia?

How can we make the transition into retirement controlled and even enjoyable?

How do we encourage members of the community to be aware of the available services?

How to make available suitable activities in which informal carers can join?

My Home - welcome to Kingston University

Kingston Police Seeking to Identify Woman Posing as Nurse or PSW

Kingston Business Expo 2013

Ancient philosophy and the modern politics of wellbeing

User Comments

Jules Evans commented on 17 May 2013

You're free to disagree with my ideas - in fact, you're right that not all ancient philosophy was elitist. Stoicism can be characterised as 'anti-emotional'. Epicureanism was against artificial desires for unnecessary things. My point is, you showed a kneejerk disrespect for what I do. I've written for six years on the relationship between ancient philosophy and modern psychology, including a book last year. You're a third year student. 'More humility'? Try some yourself!

The Rain Shimmers commented on 17 May 2013

Well obviously I'm not one of the .0001% of the population who are lifelong scholars, but I am a 3rd year philosophy major. I disagree with your argument that all philosophy from antiquity was elitist, that it was anti-consumerist, and that it was anti-emotional. While some of it was any of those, there was great diversity. Epicureanism for instance bears none of these qualities. (What would it even mean to be 'anti-consumerist' in a pre-capitalist society???)

Mike Takac commented on 23 Mar 2011

Here’s one for the Ancient to Modern: John Locke was close with “Property,” Jefferson got closer with “pursuit of Happiness,” I found the key to all Life: pursuit of Objectives. We may generalize Jefferson when “Happiness” is viewed as a metaphor of some positive feedback after an accomplished Objective. When using such logic, these “unalienable Rights” become universal to all Life, from bacteria to humans. See my channel video for the proof.

The Rain Shimmers commented on 16 May 2013

Your sweeping over-generalizations do a disservice to the complexity of ideas available and popular in both antiquity and present day psychology. I hope you'll approach such presentations with more humility in the future.

Jules Evans commented on 16 May 2013

like you have any idea about the ideas of antiquity.