Cross-posted from e2mc. Note that this post takes the Stoic strategy of preparing for the worst, so as to be pleasantly surprised when the worst fails to come to pass. Deep breath, Americanos. Let’s brace ourselves for what may be the messiest, most litigious and disruptive Interregnum in U.S. history. (“Interregnum” = the 79 day interval between […]
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Well, here we go…
Posted in Politics, tagged 2020 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, electoral, Joe Biden, media coverage of U.S. politics, media ecology, negative visualization, political conflict, premortem, Stoicism on November 2, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Above us only sky (or, Stoic & Epicurean takes on things)
Posted in Philosophy, Spirit matter, tagged argument from nature, Epicureanism, Pierre Hadot, spiritual exercises, spiritual practice, Stoicism, view from above, world situation on September 22, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
My course “Self-Cultivation and Spiritual Practice” starts from the premise that philosophy — at least as it has existed outside of today’s analytical philosophy departments — has generally been about how to live, and that the best philosophers around the world have offered detailed instructions on how to get better at that. Historian of philosophy […]