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Steven Gambardella
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This is a selection of my own subjective picks. Some of them were popular, others not so much. But they are stories that I’m proud of. I compiled this list because my index of stories is just getting longer and longer. This is a good place to start to get…

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An Index of my Medium Articles — I’ve indexed my posts by topic below so you can dive into my writing without endlessly scrolling on my profile page. You can also read my most substantial posts on The Sophist, my Medium publication. The study of philosophy, culture and history can help you live a better life. …

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·5 days ago

Running with the Stars 💫

Stoicism for Modern Lives — “Observe the movement of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.47. Stoic philosophy is beautiful. It’s…

Philosophy

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Running with the Stars 💫
Running with the Stars 💫
Philosophy

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The Sophist

·Nov 17

Plato And The Mechanical Clock

Time as the Juncture of Change and Eternity — Consider the old-fashioned wall clock. We often don’t think of the clock itself when we glance in its direction. We’re too busy, which is why we only glanced in the first place. We’re measuring our intuitive sense of time against its turning hands. The clock’s reliability makes it only dimly…

Philosophy

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Plato And The Mechanical Clock
Plato And The Mechanical Clock
Philosophy

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The Sophist

·Nov 4

Stoic Objectivity

The Art of the Adequate Representation — “What in all this prevents the mind from preserving itself in tranquillity, in true judgement of circumstance and readiness to use any event submitted to it? So that Judgement says to Circumstance: ‘This is what you really are, however different you may conventionally appear.’” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.68 Bare…

Philosophy

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Stoic Objectivity
Stoic Objectivity
Philosophy

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The Sophist

·Oct 19

Stoic Perspective

Seeing your world as it really is — “Don’t you know how small a part you are by comparison to the whole? …

Philosophy

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Stoic Perspective
Stoic Perspective
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The Sophist

·Oct 6

Stoic Control

Everything You Need is Within Your Reach — “Consider who you are. First of all, a human being, that is to say, one who has no faculty more authoritative than choice, but subordinates everything else to that, keeping choice itself free from enslavement and subjection.” Epictetus (Discourses 2.10.1) It is within the self that we are in the…

Philosophy

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Stoic Control
Stoic Control
Philosophy

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The Sophist

·Sep 21

Stoic Autonomy

Understanding The Limits of Your Freedom — “Nothing pertains to human beings except what defines us as human.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 5.15. Autonomy is largely assumed in the West’s individualistic culture. …

Philosophy

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Stoic Autonomy
Stoic Autonomy
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The Sophist

·Aug 26

The Fourfold Root of Stoic Virtue

The Foundation For A New Stoicism — “When someone consulted Epictetus about how he could persuade his brother to stop being ill-disposed towards him, he said: Philosophy doesn’t promise to secure any external good for man, since it would then be embarking on something that lies outside its proper subject matter. …

Philosophy

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The Fourfold Root of Stoic Virtue
The Fourfold Root of Stoic Virtue
Philosophy

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The Sophist

·Aug 12

The Master of Light

How Georges de La Tour’s allegorical vision resonates with our deepest intuitions — In the 1650s Louis XIII of France received a painting from a provincial artist hailing from Lorraine, at the eastern edge of the country. …

Art

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The Master of Light
The Master of Light
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Steven Gambardella

Steven Gambardella

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I am a history PhD sharing the lessons of philosophy and history with practical benefits for your life and work. Get in touch: stevengambardella@gmail.com

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