Books: Two essays by Adam Phillips on the future of life

The article discusses two essays by Adam Phillips published a few months apart: "Consented Pleasures" (2015) and "The Life We Want" (this year). Both are presented as complementary readings, almost as if they constitute a single book, suggesting a thematic continuity between the author's two works.

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"Today, the will to power is the desire to learn magic. A magician doesn't give orders only to humans — he commands the elements themselves."

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