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Declare Your Independence
Our craving for validation holds us back
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August 2024

Stoicism and Nondualism
As I share my ideas to adapt (but not “update”) Stoic philosophy for the twenty-first century, I’m continually reminded by readers of the similarities…
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Roman Terror
An Ancient Joke About Crucifixion Reveals its Supreme Cruelty and its Symbolic Power
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Stoicism and Health
Our philosophy reading group recently covered the first chapters of Epictetus’s Enchiridion, focusing on the concept that’s now labelled as “the…
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July 2024

Two Stoicisms, Your Choice
The Fork in the Philosophical Road
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June 2024

The Stoic Reality: An Interview With Vanessa de Harven
Examining the Coherence and Unity of Stoicism’s Core Ideas
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Heraclitus Invictus
The Philosopher of Thunder Resounds in Our Frightening Age
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May 2024

Kierkegaard and the Burning World
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre.
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Massimo Pigliucci: What is Science?
A wide-ranging interview with a champion of reason
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April 2024

You Don’t Exist
“This body does not belong to you, it is only cunningly constructed clay.”
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The Master of Light
How Georges de La Tour’s philosophical vision resonates with our deepest intuitions
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March 2024

The Sophists
And why my blog is named after them
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