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The art of ataraxia: IVb–Letter to Herodotus, part II
Cosmology will cure your existential fears
Ataraxia means tranquillity of mind, and in this series of posts I am exploring how the ancient Epicureans sought to achieve it. We have looked first at the famous letter by Epicurus to his friend...
The art of ataraxia: IVa–Letter to Herodotus, part I
Epicurean atomism, by Nano Banana.
Ataraxia means tranquillity of mind, and in this series of posts I am exploring how the ancient Epicureans sought to achieve it. We have looked first at the famous letter by Epicurus to his friend Menoece...
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It’s still demoralizing to teach a classroom of scrolling students. In the past several years, about three dozen states have instituted phone bans in schools, and more are likely to follow. These bans have be...
On family affection
The Discourses of Epictetus, 1.11
This is an ongoing series on Epictetus’s Discourses, a book that literally changed my life and that, I think, is grossly underestimated nowadays, despite Epictetus’s major influence throughout the Middle A...
Meta-ethics, Star Trek, and Samurai
Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer (left) and Connor Trinneer as Trip Tucker (right) in Star Trek’s Enterprise. Image from pinterest.
This semester I’m teaching an undergraduate course on the philosophy of science fiction. And since it’s the...
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Professor of philosophy at the City College of New York. Author of How to Be a Stoic, Nonsense on Stilts, and Beyond Stoicism.
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