Naked Questions/16 - After all, what matters in life is its end, not business by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 21/02/2016 "Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. (...) The words of the wise are li...

Naked Questions/14 - Understanding the snare of the "dead flies" and the gift of the "prophets" by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 07/02/2016 “At the foundation of a community there is always a dark, hidden spot, a collective unconscious, which has its origin in the unconscious of the founder...

Naked Questions/12 - We need a double gratuitousness: both in giving and receiving by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 24/01/2016 "Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks...

Naked Questions/10 - Accumulating goods is not bliss, happiness lies in work by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 10/01/2016 “When Providence divided the earth among a few lordly masters, it neither forgot nor abandoned those who seemed to have been left out in the partition. These last too en...

Naked Questions/8 - Life lived in isolation and its salt (and salary) are savourless by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 27/12/2015 "On the beach of the worlds / the surf is broken / ancient and new alike / carrying human desires / palpitating in the sun / invoking life. ... And we are here w...

Naked Questions/6 - Joy should be learnt (and re-learnt) by living the life we have by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 13/12/2015 "Here is the grandest sequence of infinitive verbs of all literature. When we are under a relentless force and urgency in our actions, when good or bad things impo...

Naked Questions/4 - the importance of seeing and considering the entire human condition by Luigino Bruni published in Avvenire on 29/11/2015 "You little playful boy, Even this your flowering time Is like a day filled up with grace and joy A clear, calm day that comes As a precursor to life's fes...