The Sophist

A Defence of Stoicism

What It Is and What It Is Not

Jan 29 • Steven Gambardella

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Love and Morality in Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil”

“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”

Jan 19 • Steven Gambardella

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Human Nature is a Dangerous Myth

Why the Human Condition Is a Better Basis for Our Ethics

Jan 7 • Steven Gambardella

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December 2025

The Philosophy of Blending In

How to not lose yourself in the midst of the party

Dec 27, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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Desire and Self-Mastery

Plato’s Symposium and Stoic Assent

Dec 19, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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The Trouble with Poetry

A Conversation with Aaron Fagan

Dec 13, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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An Unsettling Portrait of the Human Heart

How the Maxims of La Rochefoucauld Sing and Sting

Dec 4, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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November 2025

Louis Althusser: Rethinking Ideology and the State

Are you free?

Nov 19, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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October 2025

Composure is a measure of how deep you are

Stoicism vs. Depth Psychology

Oct 25, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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Spinoza, God, and You

The morning is a symphony of small things — the rumble of the kettle, the diminuendo of a passing car, a shard of sunlight across the worktop.

Oct 15, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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No Excuses

Existentialism and the ethics of becoming who you are

Oct 8, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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September 2025

Beauty is the Struggle in a World of Chaos

Discussing Aztec Philosophy with Sebastian Purcell, PhD

Sep 25, 2025 • Steven Gambardella

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