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You Don’t Exist
“This body does not belong to you, it is only cunningly constructed clay.” — Epictetus Try this exercise — think of parts of yourself in turn. Look in…
Apr 26
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Steven Gambardella
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The Master of Light
How Georges de La Tour’s philosophical vision resonates with our deepest intuitions
Apr 12
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Steven Gambardella
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March 2024
The Sophists
And why my blog is named after them
Mar 31
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Steven Gambardella
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Close Your Eyes and Let the World In
The Art of Stoic Meditation in Three Steps
Mar 14
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Steven Gambardella
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What Are We Going to Do About Schools?
In a notorious 2003 essay*, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed nerd Paul Graham addresses a question that few would ever think to ask — Why are nerds…
Mar 1
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Steven Gambardella
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February 2024
Stoic Cosmopolitanism Part 2: The Chronopolis
In part one of this essay we explored how ancient Stoic Cosmopolitanism could be divided into three broad, but radically different approaches — the…
Feb 16
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Steven Gambardella
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Stoic Cosmopolitanism Part 1: Three Approaches
Cosmopolitanism is subject to a lot of platitudes and baseless ethical assumptions. Much discussion of Stoic cosmopolitanism falls into these…
Feb 9
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Steven Gambardella
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January 2024
Determinism is a Humanism
Thoughts on Robert Sapolsky’s attack on free will
Jan 21
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Steven Gambardella
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David Hume: Laird of the Bundle
The Philosopher’s Philosopher on Scepticism, Science, and Selfhood
Jan 7
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Steven Gambardella
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December 2023
A Stoic Understanding of Evil
Everybody is Innocent
Dec 22, 2023
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Steven Gambardella
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Running with the Stars 💫
Stoicism for Modern Lives
Dec 2, 2023
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Steven Gambardella
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November 2023
Plato And The Mechanical Clock
Time as the Juncture of Change and Eternity
Nov 17, 2023
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Steven Gambardella
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