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Brotherhood

On friendship, fatherhood, and the men worth having beside you — why connection gets harder after thirty, and what it actually takes to build it back.

Reading series
The Meditations, Decoded
7 essays · 1h 7m read
IThe Meditations, Decoded — Part I: Book One, Debts and Lessons9 min readIIThe Meditations, Decoded — Part II: Book Two, Obligation and the Present Moment11 min readIIIThe Meditations, Decoded — Part III: Book Three, On Brevity and the Examined Life9 min readIVThe Meditations, Decoded — Part IV: Book Four, The Inner Citadel8 min readVThe Meditations, Decoded — Part V: Book Five, On Getting Up Anyway10 min readVIThe Meditations, Decoded — Part VI: Book Six, On the Order Beneath the Chaos10 min readVIIThe Meditations, Decoded — Part VII: Book Seven, On Others10 min read View full series →
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Letters to Lucilius
3 essays · 28 min read
ILetters to Lucilius — Part I: On the Shortness of Time8 min readIILetters to Lucilius — Part II: On True Friendship10 min readIIILetters to Lucilius — Part III: On Anger and Its Mastery10 min read View full series →
Reading series
The Friendship Problem
5 essays · 41 min read
IWhy Men Have No Friends After Thirty9 min readIIWhat Aristotle Actually Said About Friendship9 min readIIIThe Friendship Problem — Part III: The Effort Problem9 min readIVThe Friendship Problem, Part IV: Brotherhood by Design7 min readVThe Friendship Problem, Part V: The Long Game7 min read View full series →
Brotherhood

The Meditations, Decoded — Part VII: Book Seven, On Others

The Meditations, Decoded · A twelve-part reading of Marcus Aurelius · Part VII of XII Book Six settled the architecture of the universe: matter…

25 September 2026 · 10 min read
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Letters to Lucilius — Part II: On True Friendship
Letters to Lucilius · A reading of Seneca’s letters to a friend · Part II of VIII Part…
11 Sep 202610 min read
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The Friendship Problem, Part V: The Long Game
Every friendship looks solid the day it’s formed. The only test that actually means anything is what it…
26 Aug 20267 min read
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The Friendship Problem, Part IV: Brotherhood by Design
Part III of this series left the gap open — two men who want the same thing, unable…
23 Aug 20267 min read
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The Friendship Problem — Part III: The Effort Problem
The Friendship Problem · Part III of V In Part I we looked at why men lose friends…
29 Jul 20269 min read
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What Aristotle Actually Said About Friendship
The Friendship Problem — Part II Most men have heard of Aristotle’s three kinds of friendship. Almost none…
10 Jul 20269 min read
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