Serial novels on soap bottles

IDEA: Publish a novel on soap bottles, chapter by chapter.

EXPLANATION: When I’m in the shower I like to read my bottle of Dr. Bronner’s. The eccentric soap maker published religious propaganda on his product, which gave the packaging a delightful 19th-century feel. Here’s a readable version of the text.

Imagine doing this for a line of soaps or shampoos: January every bottle has Chapter 1. February is Chapter 2. It’s the ultimate in planned obsolescence.

Small bottles? Poetry! Special scents? One-off short stories! No-tears soap with kids stories!

ROYALTIES REQUESTED: Free soap for life.

Find your Philosophy

IDEA: An article or book guiding the reader to finding a philosophy for life.

EXPLANATION: Philosophical education usually forces the reader to read through primary texts that may or may not influence their personal philosophy. Few non-scholars can undertake a philosophical self-education as part of a normal life. Philosophy should be more intentional and relevant: a how-to.

“Find your Philosophy” guides the reader through major worldview decisions: What are the most trusted sources of truth (sensory evidence, authority, revelation, logic)? Is life without an afterlife worth living? Is it better to live for oneself or for the good of society? Should one try to correct the false beliefs of others? Is morality based on intention or results? In the words of Socrates, what is the best life?

The guide uses the distilled wisdom of historical philosophers from the ancient world to the present day.

Philosophy for kids

IDEA: The great works of philosophy abridged for kids.

EXPLANATION: A Time-Life series of philosophy books by such classical authors as Plato and Aristotle, medievalists like Augustine and Aquinas, Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Descartes, and modern philosophers such as Sartre, Nietzsche, Derrida, and Foucault. Explains concepts like the ship of state, original sin, and the precession of existence before essence to the K-6 set.

ROYALTIES REQUESTED: An illustrated copy of “Beyond Good and Evil.”