Moral Letters
009 - On Friendship And Philosophy - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You are sufficient in yourself if you do not need friends for your happiness, but you need not go so far as to not want them.
Moral Letters
This is a modern take on Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius. I use them as tools in the ongoing search for what it means to live a good life. Although Seneca's words have been mined for centuries, each generation keeps turning up gemstones. I seek to polish old stones to show them in a new light.
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008 - On The Teacher’s Duty - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Just because I am alone does not mean I am wasting my hours away.
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007 - On Public Opinion - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Nothing is more dangerous to your reputation than exposure to public view in the circus of social media.
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006 - On Sharing Wisdom - Moral Letters for Modern Times
A problem shared is a problem halved.
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005 - On The Stealth Philosopher - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Nothing turns a sharp ear deaf more quickly than the listener sensing you feel superior to them.
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004 - On The Quest For Immortality - Moral Letters for Modern Times
What drives the quest for immortality? At its root, it is an excess of greed and fear.
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003 - On Friends, Not Followers - Moral Letters for Modern Times
A true friend will tell you when you are being a fool.
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002 - On Consuming Social Media - Moral Letters for Modern Times
A steady diet of social media will leave you bloated but undernourished. You will grow fat with trivialities as quickly as you grow unhealthy in your thinking. In contrast, the proudest result of deep thought is a truth that you can express in few words.
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001 - On Being Busy - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Do not call yourself busy. Busyness is the fate of those who have relinquished control over their daily lives.
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000 - On Why Do Anything - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If you think that all life’s questions have been answered to your satisfaction, then you need read no further. If you believe like me, though, there are still truths worth finding, then please read on.