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Philosophy

Stoic philosophy read as a working discipline, not a collection of quotes — on control, mortality, judgment, and the daily practice of examining what you actually believe.

Reading series
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 →
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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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Philosophy
Seneca’s Letter on Time: On the Shortness of Life
The most important thing Seneca ever wrote. And the most uncomfortable. Seneca wrote De Brevitate Vitae — On…
2 Aug 202610 min read
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Philosophy
The Meditations, Decoded — Part II: Book Two, Obligation and the Present Moment
The Meditations, Decoded · A twelve-part reading of Marcus Aurelius · Part II of XII In Book One,…
26 Jul 202611 min read
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Philosophy
Premeditatio Malorum: The Stoic Art of Imagining the Worst
The practice that looks like pessimism and works like armour. Seneca wrote a letter to Lucilius that begins…
22 Jul 20269 min read
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Philosophy
The Meditations, Decoded — Part I: Book One, Debts and Lessons
The Meditations, Decoded · A twelve-part reading of Marcus Aurelius · Part I of XII Book One is…
15 Jul 20269 min read
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Philosophy
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…
9 Jul 20268 min read
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Philosophy
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…
7 Jul 20268 min read
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