Perché inseguiamo ciò che abbiamo già? | Il Mago di Oz

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum explores one of life's deepest illusions: believing that what we lack is always found elsewhere. Why do we constantly pursue new goals, new places, new promises? What if the problem isn't what we lack, but what we fail to recognize? Everyone knows Dorothy, the Yellow Brick Road, the Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. Far fewer realize that this famous tale is actually a surprisingly profound reflection on human desire. Why do we so often imagine that happiness is found elsewhere? Why do we tend to define ourselves by what we believe we lack? And what happens when power turns out to be, at least in part, a matter of appearances? Through Dorothy's journey, this Philosophical Foray explores the myth of elsewhere, the illusion of future salvation, the relationship between identity and recognition, and the difficult wisdom of returning. Perhaps the most important journey isn't the one that takes us far from home. Perhaps it's the one that allows us to see with new eyes what was before us from the beginning. ✨ Key phrase 👉 Sometimes the journey isn't about finding something. It's about becoming capable of recognizing it. 🎧 Recommended Playlist Philosophy and Literature: When Stories Think 👉    • FILOSOFIA E LETTERATURA - LEZIONI E INTERP...   Support the project 💳 Free donation to support the channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/confi... 📝 "Active Student" subscription (previews and reserved materials):    / @scorribandefilosofiche   🔔 Subscribe to the channel to not miss the next Philosophical Excursions:    / channel   📚 Books – Philosophical Excursions Practical Philosophy Journeys between Ancient and Modern 👉 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy in the Garden (Epicureanism), paper/ebook, YCP 2025 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Free Within (Epictetus), paper/ebook, YCP 2024 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 The Crutch (Existential Novel), ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy under the Portico (Stoicism), paper/ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 🧭 Philosophical Counseling Individual counseling based on dialogue, aimed at those who wish to address existential or decision-making questions through the tools of the philosophical tradition. It is not a form of therapy. 👉 Information: https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📚 Essential reading list for the lesson — L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Einaudi, Turin, 2013 — L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Land of Oz, Einaudi, Turin, 2014 — René Girard, Romantic Lies and Novelistic Truth, Bompiani, Milan, 2002 — Byung-Chul Han, The Society of Tiredness, Nottetempo, Rome, 2012 — James Hillman, The Soul's Code, Adelphi, Milan, 1997 Cylinder Five and Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/