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My name is Bari Ahmad, I was born in Karachi, Pakistan and discovered my home Germany at the age of one and a half. Throughout my life journey I learned what it means to bridge East and West.

Literature and Philosophy are important pillars in my life that have helped me to understand the world better in difficult times.

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Hannah Arendt and the "Banality of Evil"

The banality of evil (the Eichmann trial) by Hannah Arendt is a book on the destruction of conscious and deep thinking in view of the historical context of the Third Reich and the Holocaust.

I won't go into the person Eichmann but rather highlight the strict scientific conception of "Evil" in relation to "banality".

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Nietzsche and Morality

The emphasis of this article will be on his views towards the morality of humans. Nietzsche was a great admirer of Schopenhauer, whose philosophy fascinated and inspired him.

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Aristotle on Friendship

The Greek Philosopher, Logician and natural scientist Aristotle was born in the Macedonian town Stagira 384 BC. Around 367 he moved to Athens to study in Plato's academy. In the 20 years in which he remained there, he developed his own philosophical conceptions which more and more digressed from the conceptions of his teacher. One of the most important works that he conceived was the Nicomachean Ethics.

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A walk through the Forest

Last weekend I went on a long walk through the forest, beginning at the city centre of Berchtesgaden and stopping at the Obersalzberg. Lasting about 2 hours and leading uphill on a serpentine trail, it is my favorite walking route through the thick forest.

Already the first trod is liberating. The rustling of the leaves beneath the footwear, the chirping of the birds make me plunge into a different world.

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Epicurus and the desire for minimalism

Epicurus (341–270 BC), the Greek Philosopher and Thinker, turned towards Philosophy already early.

He wrote numerous books and treatises on his perception of happiness which sadly have been lost over the years.

Epicurus is associated with the theory of lust which is often misunderstood and linked to materialism and copious lifestyles.

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Michel de Montaigne and his love for books

In his essay Montaigne writes about the three most important relationships which man can have on earth: with friends, with women and with books. In his view friendship is a rare occurrence and the beauty of women decays with time, books however are always available.

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