Philosophy

These posts deal with philosophy, and more broadly the question of how to live a good life
Jul
07
Plastic tray with hot dog, salad, chicken sandwich, and grilled cheese with fries

Bucket List, Eh. I'm Starting a F—It List

Letting go is so much more rewarding
3 min read
Mar
24
Church spire in bright sunlight before a blue sky

What if Humanity Created God Rather Than the Opposite?

Rather than creativity being something special and rare, I now lean towards thinking it's much rarer for people to stifle their instinct to create
4 min read
Feb
01
Green field with yellow flowers, trees in distance, underneath blue sky

Stoic Wisdom

The power of an idea doesn’t depend on who it came from, but rather how it influences our behavior today.
1 min read
Nov
16
How to Find Your Way to the Other Side (by Kathryn Eriksen)

How to Find Your Way to the Other Side (by Kathryn Eriksen)

You will discover what you knew all along
2 min read
Sep
29
Cool Final Words (by Erek Dorman)

Cool Final Words (by Erek Dorman)

You can die, croak, expire, buy the farm, get your ticket punched, take the dirt nap, push up daisies, pass away, bite the big one, bite the dust, or kick the bucket.
6 min read
Sep
20
What Are The Moral Letters for Modern Times?

What Are The Moral Letters for Modern Times?

The power of an idea doesn’t depend on who it came from, but rather how it influences our behavior today.
1 min read
Sep
02
A Little Philosophy Goes A Long Way (Newsletter 062)

A Little Philosophy Goes A Long Way (Newsletter 062)

In our journey to finding happiness, thinking for ourselves is the key to unlock and then banish all the bad habits that may have crept into our lives.
5 min read
Sep
01
124 - On Reason Of The Well-Ordered Mind - Moral Letters for Modern Times

124 - On Reason Of The Well-Ordered Mind - Moral Letters for Modern Times

If you sometimes felt I have given you new burdens by asking you to think and to study, you now know it was to free you of the burden of accepting what everyone else does.
4 min read
Aug
30
Peripatetics (by Panagiotis Perysinakis)

Peripatetics (by Panagiotis Perysinakis)

Walking became more than an excuse for physical exercise. It became an effortless and very natural exercise in meditation. And it proved a soothing ritual in helping me prepare to face, and then face and process the exodus of my father from this life.
4 min read
Aug
29
123 - On Thinking For Yourself - Moral Letters for Modern Times

123 - On Thinking For Yourself - Moral Letters for Modern Times

What the Stoic rejects is conformity to the illusion that pursuing luxuries will bring satiety, that desiring more will ever bring about the condition of feeling one has enough.
6 min read