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Apr 16, 2024
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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Figs in Winter
Stoic ontology 101: the difference between reality and existence[This article goes well with my Stoic Epistemology 101 and Stoic Psychology 101. For this entry, I am indebted to John Sellars, and…
Apr 16, 2020
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Apr 16, 2020
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The Taoist Online
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Erik Brown
Philosophy Can Help Us Adjust To A Virtual World Our Minds Weren’t Built ForNavigating our digital cave with Plato, Martin Heidiger, and an internet psychiatrist
Apr 13, 2024
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Apr 13, 2024
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Alex Bennett
Truth Units: Links to All ArticlesA concept of truth to cut Gordian knots
Aug 23, 2023
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Aug 23, 2023
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Ashok Peer
Basics Of Indian Philosophy – Samkhya DarsanaAll Darsanas — schools of Indian philosophy- except Carvaka share the common core belief of the cyclicality of time. On the cosmic level…
Dec 26, 2022
Dec 26, 2022
Douglas C. Bates
AtaraxiaA Key Pyrrhonist Concept
Oct 5, 2022
Oct 5, 2022
Ashok Peer
Basics of Indian Philosophy- An IntroductionIn my years of young adolescence, ‘philosopher’ was a mocking title given to the person who was deeply immersed in his thoughts and…
Sep 28, 2022
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Sep 28, 2022
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Douglas C. Bates
Pyrrhonism in a NutshellPyrrhonism, like many of the other Hellenistic philosophies, sets forth a prescription of how to live a life of eudaimonia (happiness…
Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
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Figs in Winter
Making sense of the Hellenistic philosophiesA brief conceptual guide to what differentiated the Greco-Roman schools of philosophy as a way of life
Apr 28, 2022
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Apr 28, 2022
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Figs in Winter
Book Club: The Inner Citadel, 3, The Meditations as spiritual exercisesFor the ancient Greco-Romans, and particularly for the Stoics, philosophy was not an academic pursuit, but a way of life. So says Pierre…
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 2019
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Human Parts
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Sten Sootla
Don’t Worry, You’re Used to DyingA five-minute thought experiment I’ve found more enlightening than years of meditation
Jul 23, 2019
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Jul 23, 2019
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The Common Thread
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Trevor Stark
This Shit Blew My Mind: All Human Knowledge In One ChartWho is Ken Wilber? What is Integral Theory? and What is the 4 Quadrant model?
Apr 7, 2022
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Apr 7, 2022
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Figs in Winter
Epistemology for modern Skeptics: III, Probability as the criterion of (likely) truthProbabilism is the third pillar that allows us to articulate a modern version of ancient Skepticism, and live by it
Apr 7, 2022
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Apr 7, 2022
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Mind Cafe
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Erik Brown
Five Powerful Words to Guide You Through Our Chaotic WorldWilliam James, Zhuangzi, and Frederick Douglas teach us to finish as you see fit.
Feb 6, 2022
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Feb 6, 2022
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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life
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A Stoic Perspective
Be logical, be happy! Mastering inner speech with Stoic logicsHow the practice of Stoic logic can restructure your emotional system, from grief to joy.
Jan 29, 2022
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Jan 29, 2022
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Figs in Winter
Virtue cannot be the ultimate goodVirtue ethics is, arguably, the most effective general framework for moral decision making. This is because it isn’t in the business of…
Jan 3, 2022
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Jan 3, 2022
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Figs in Winter
A conceptual map of the Hellenistic schools of life philosophyThe Hellenistic period is one of the pivotal moments in the history of humanity, a “moment” that historians bracket with the death of…
Nov 26, 2021
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Nov 26, 2021
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Figs in Winter
Book Club: Scientific Metaphysics, 5, Causation, free will, and naturalismThe standard story about free will is that if one is a naturalist (i.e., no gods and such stuff) and takes seriously the notion of cause…
Nov 19, 2021
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Nov 19, 2021
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