Category: philosophy

You Might See Better With Your Eyes Closed

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;what is essential is invisible to the eye.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from The Little Prince I think of this cartoon every time my neighbor’s crazy dog begins barking and runs full tilt after my car. It seems painful every single time: He reaches the end of…
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Marcus Aurelius Was A Musclehead

It’s not about what’s in the way: it’s about what and who is on the other side.
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The e=mc2 of Life

It can be learned forwards or backwards.
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Quotes of the day: B.S. – Part III – Deep [Bull] S**t

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. Frederich Nietzsche The antidote to falling for your own s**t is not about lying yourself down on a couch and psychoanalyzing your thoughts. The rational mind created the problem, and, to paraphrase Pascal – it has its reasons that the…
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Quote of the day: Is that really it, or is it a proxy for it?

But is the thing you want what you really want? Think hard about the regret that weighs tons we considered from the Rohn quote or the lousy bargain Kipling speaks of. It might not be what it seems on the surface: a possession, a title or career, or a specific relationship. It may not be…
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Why I Hate(d) Ryan Holiday

My Confession of My Un-Stoic Ways It is foolish to be unhappy now because you were at some time past. RIFFINg on SENECA Dear Ryan, “I hate that guy.” That’s what I heard running through my head when yet another of my favorite podcasts, perhaps The Tim Ferriss Show, Impact Theory, or James Altucher, to…
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The Rise of Jordan Peterson and Stoicism, No Mere Coincidence -Part IV

“The pain of existence real. But it can be triumphed over and transcended. You can make yourself bigger than it. The cardinal virtues exist to do this.” J.Peterson
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The Rise of Jordan Peterson and Stoicism, No Mere Coincidence -Part III

12 Rules for a Stoic Life Responsibility and response: two words that underpin the writings of the Stoics and JordanPeterson. Two words with a common root, the Latin responsum “an answer.” Each of Peterson’s twelve rules come back to two things: a) Life will be hard, how will you respond? The answer is with courage,…
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The Rise of Jordan Peterson and Stoicism: No Mere Coincidence – Part II

An Antidote to the Meaning Crisis Maybe it is not that life has become that much harder, but people have become softer. After ejecting himself from his bullet-ridden aircraft moments before crashing, Fighter Pilot James Stockdale hurdled towards the ground near the main street of a small village in North Vietnam. He whispered to himself:…
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Get Out of My Head: An Invitation or a Notice of Eviction?

Who does not strive to have more ownership of their time, their emotions, and by extension, their life? Does that not begin by owning your thoughts? Is any form of strength more important?
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The Rise of Jordan Peterson and Stoicism: No Mere Coincidence – Part I

Searching for meaning The divergent points of view of the existentialists and the Stoics on the nature of our suffering show that over two millennia the theory regarding the cause of the dis-ease has changed, but the medicine remains essentially the same. In an age where half the population never reads for pleasure, and fewer…
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