So far in our study of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, we have discussed that self-mastery results from mastering one’s thoughts, and that...

After spending some time in Ancient Greece with Aristotle, we now travel to Rome, Italy, at the end of the second century AD, to learn fr...

The Nicomachean Ethics has proved to be Aristotle’s most popular work on the subject. Aptly nicknamed “The Philosopher”, Aristotle lived ...

With the first three posts in this series, we discussed that we become virtuous by exercising virtue, that the virtues of character are a...

With the first two posts in this series, we discussed that we become virtuous by exercising virtue, and that the virtues of character are...

In our first post on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics(public library), we learned that we become virtuous by practicing virtue. We are now ...

With our study of Henry David Thoreau now complete, we turn to Ancient Greece at the time of Aristotle to study his great work,  Nicomach...

With this series on Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, we explored some of the major pillars which upheld Thoreau’s philosophy and mode of liv...

This is the fourth post in a series of posts examining Henry David Thoreau’s seminal book Walden. To read the first post on simplicity, ...

This is the third post in a series of posts examining Henry David Thoreau’s seminal book Walden. To read the first post on simplicity, cl...

This is the second post in a series of posts examining Henry David Thoreau’s seminal book Walden. To read the first post, click here He...

In the past series, we discussed some major themes of Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life (public library). It is here worth noting that th...

So far we have discussed three major themes in Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life, that the greatest source of happiness is one’s self, an...

In our first two posts on Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life, we learned that happiness consists in what a man is rather than has, and tha...

With our first post regarding Schopenhauer’s take on what makes for a happy life, we now turn toward what makes that happiness possible, ...

With the first of four posts concerning the major themes in Arthur Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life, we will learn what the great German...

While writing, I find myself always returning to Jiu Jitsu. I have made an effort to focus my writing on fiction, for I believe this to b...

Storytelling remains the backbone of our education. We grow up begging for bedtime stories; as adolescents, we yearn for television and m...

What makes a Hero? If you want to know the psychology of a culture seek to understand its heroes. From the Aztecs to the Greeks, from the...

We humans are a beacon of intelligence and reason. Among all the sentient beings of this world, we stand among the top of the intellectua...