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?
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.
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.
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.
You Are What You Eat (Newsletter 056)
We humans are profoundly affected by another type of consumption besides what we put in our mouths, and that is what we put in our minds.
112 - On New Students - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Philosophy always welcomes new students.
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.
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.
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.
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.
