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POLO MINTS: GATEWAY TO EXISTENTIAL ENLIGHTENMENT – PHILOSOPHY OF ORDINARY THINGS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2020

Anton Sukhoverkhov  and
Mark Pharoah
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Abstract

Thirty-eight million Polo Mints are consumed every day, apparently without a second thought. However, could this humble little minty fella actually be the gateway to true knowledge about life, the Universe and everything? We have drawn on the inspiration of Sartre, the Dalai Lama, Tao Ti Ching, Heidegger and Mahayana Buddhism to find five reasons why the Polo Mint's inner emptiness, with its sweet minty after taste, can lead to contemplations of the ultimate truth.

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Think , Volume 19 , Issue 55 , Summer 2020 , pp. 135 - 138
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2020

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3 Ibid.

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5 <https://www.nature.com/news/2008/080523/full/news.2008.854.html>