Moral Letters
117 - On The AI Philosopher - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Wisdom consists not just in making a correct decision, but in making it with understanding of the reason why.
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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116 - On Slippery Slopes - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Can you tell me now which of your indulgences let grown into vices will be your undoing, or will you tell me that you are safe from all temptation?
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115 - On False Fronts - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The magic of books is that they allow each reader to create magic in their heads. Sometimes it’s best left there.
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114 - On Slogans - Moral Letters for Modern Times
It is precisely when you find your emotions aroused by a small handful of words that you must force yourself to pause. Someone is almost certainly trying to manipulate your thinking for their own ends.
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113 - On The Independence Of Reason - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To ask whether reason exists independently is to question whether it depends on the person or on the situation.
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112 - On New Students - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Philosophy always welcomes new students.
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111 - On Clever People - Moral Letters for Modern Times
We are distracted by surface appearances because they are the first things we see. You should seek to understand the deeper meaning, and to be aware that in the wrong hands words can hide as much as they reveal.
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110 - On The Value Of Wealth - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The true responsibility of parents is to raise their children to be capable of safely making their own way in the world, and not to remove every obstacle from their paths.
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109 - On Your Associations - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If you wish to have a better understanding of the world, spend time in the company of people who demonstrate their depth of perception and see beyond the surface of things.
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108 - On A Learning Mind - Moral Letters for Modern Times
When you are told by experts what to think you may become a believer, but you will not become a thinker.
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107 - On Accepting The Inevitable - Moral Letters for Modern Times
By thinking on all the things that can happen to you, you prepare yourself to deal with them appropriately.
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106 - On Thoughts And Actions - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To the extent we feel it necessary to judge motivations in business, we are comfortable to infer motive from actions.