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The Journal
Every essay, in order. Philosophy, health, career, brotherhood, and the lives worth studying.
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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…
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Amor Fati: The Love of What Happens
Not acceptance. Not resignation. Something harder and more useful than either. In the winter of 177 AD, Marcus…
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Sleep as a Stoic Discipline — Part I: Why the Ancients Slept Better
This is the first in a four-part series on sleep, recovery, and what it means to rest like…
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Memento Mori: Living With Death in View
The Stoics kept a skull on the desk. Not as theatre. As a tool. There is a Roman…
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Monday #2 — The Weight You Don’t Put Down
I haven’t called my mother in six weeks. Not because anything happened. That’s the part I can’t explain…
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