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• 4 Pieces of Stoic Wisdom For Dealing With Negative News Media
  on Aug 25, 2016 in aristotle culture Epictetus Marcus Aurelius media Musonius Rufus relaxed mental state stoicism television
  News headlines, predominantly negative and sensational, dominate our lives. We are barraged with news information 24/7 through our smart phones, social media, TV, websites, papers, and magazines. What is the consumption of news media doing to our bra...
• Politeness: The Secret Weapon to Winning an Argument? 
  on Aug 6, 2016 in Uncategorized
  It's election season, so you may need these polite catch phrases to use if a political debate turns sour:“I think you have a made a good point, but I feel… ““I agree that x is y, but please consider my point that…&rdqu...
• 5 Signs You Lack Maturity According To Cicero
  on Jul 22, 2016 in character flaws Cicero gratitude personal development
  Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, and constitutionalist. Cicero lead by the example of his life, and by all accounts he was ethical, moderate, and constantly strove to better himself and ga...
• Is It Fantasy That a Happy Life is All About Pleasant Experiences?
  on Jul 11, 2016 in happiness Psychology Robert Nozik
  A guest post by Winton Bates of Freedom and Flourishing:​​It seems to me that the view that a happy life is just about pleasant experiences is a fantasy. I’m not saying that it is not desirable to have a life full of pleasant e...
• The Ancient Greeks Got Happiness Right: 3 Steps to Eudaimonia
  on Jul 2, 2016 in aristotle happiness personal development Plato virtue ethics
  We all want to be happy. But could it be that we have our understanding of happiness all wrong? The general definition of happiness is philosophically unsophisticated. It pretty much boils down to the ongoing experience of positive emotions and a lac...
• Get Your Tickets to Stoicon 2016 in New York!
  on Jun 27, 2016 in Uncategorized
  STOICON is an annual meeting of people interested in exploring Stoicism as a philosophy of life.  It is part of a series of public activities related to Stoicism, centered around the Stoicism Today and Stoic Week in...
• 6 Tips For Teaching Yourself Philosophy 
  on Jun 20, 2016 in Uncategorized
  I have published a new guest post at Brainfodder.org. Philosophy can often  be really hard to read, so here is some practical advice to make teaching yourself philosophy a bit easier. It's extremely rewarding to expand your philosophical knowled...
• Time Line of Stoic Philosophy 500 BCE - 200 CE
  on Jun 13, 2016 in Uncategorized
  Enjoy my new inforgraphic history of Stoic philosophy! In addition to listing all of the major Stoic figures, I have also included the philosophers who most heavily influenced Zeno during the founding of the Stoic School. The timeline outlines s...
• When Being Too Nice Could Get You Killed
  on Jun 6, 2016 in intuition violence virtue ethics
  What does being a nice person mean to you? Virtue ethicists believe that politeness is the basis of all moral interactions. I think of niceness as a synonym for being a kind, helpful, good-natured, pro-social person, and...
• Is Democracy a Utopian Ideal?
  on May 22, 2016 in Uncategorized
  I have published a guest post on Uisio.com. The piece examines the Iron Law of Oligarchy and Baron Acton's famous maxim "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Those of you who liked my post Why Every Political and Economic System E...

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