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DO YOU WANT TO BECOME

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    Marcus Aurelius on Acceptance
    Chris Matakas
    • Dec 30, 2016

    Marcus Aurelius on Acceptance

    So far in our study of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, we have discussed that self-mastery results from mastering one’s thoughts, and that...
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    Introducing Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations
    Chris Matakas
    • Dec 6, 2016

    Introducing Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations

    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...
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    Summary of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
    Chris Matakas
    • Dec 1, 2016

    Summary of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

    The Nicomachean Ethics has proved to be Aristotle’s most popular work on the subject. Aptly nicknamed “The Philosopher”, Aristotle lived...
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    Aristotle on Friendship
    Chris Matakas
    • Nov 15, 2016

    Aristotle on Friendship

    With the first three posts in this series, we discussed that we become virtuous by exercising virtue, that the virtues of character are a...
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    Aristotle on Happiness
    Chris Matakas
    • Nov 9, 2016

    Aristotle on Happiness

    With the first two posts in this series, we discussed that we become virtuous by exercising virtue, and that the virtues of character are...
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    Aristotle’s Golden Mean
    Chris Matakas
    • Nov 4, 2016

    Aristotle’s Golden Mean

    In our first post on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics(public library), we learned that we become virtuous by practicing virtue. We are now...
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    Aristotle on Virtue
    Chris Matakas
    • Nov 1, 2016

    Aristotle on Virtue

    With our study of Henry David Thoreau now complete, we turn to Ancient Greece at the time of Aristotle to study his great work,...
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    Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in Review
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 27, 2016

    Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in Review

    With this series on Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, we explored some of the major pillars which upheld Thoreau’s philosophy and mode of...
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    Thoreau On Philosophy
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 24, 2016

    Thoreau On Philosophy

    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,...
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    Thoreau on Self-Reliance
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 19, 2016

    Thoreau on Self-Reliance

    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,...
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    Thoreau on Personal Development
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 17, 2016

    Thoreau on Personal Development

    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 ...
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    Summary of Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 7, 2016

    Summary of Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life

    In the past series, we discussed some major themes of Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life (public library). It is here worth noting that...
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    Schopenhauer on the Opinions of Others
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 5, 2016

    Schopenhauer on the Opinions of Others

    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,...
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    Schopenhauer on Self-Actualization
    Chris Matakas
    • Sep 27, 2016

    Schopenhauer on Self-Actualization

    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...
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    Schopenhauer on Health
    Chris Matakas
    • Sep 23, 2016

    Schopenhauer on Health

    With our first post regarding Schopenhauer’s take on what makes for a happy life, we now turn toward what makes that happiness possible,...
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    Schopenhauer on Happiness
    Chris Matakas
    • Sep 21, 2016

    Schopenhauer on Happiness

    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...
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    SNEAK PEEK: Chapter 1 of The Tao of Jiu Jitsu
    Chris Matakas
    • Apr 20, 2016

    SNEAK PEEK: Chapter 1 of The Tao of Jiu Jitsu

    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...
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    The Significance of Storytelling
    Chris Matakas
    • Feb 19, 2016

    The Significance of Storytelling

    Storytelling remains the backbone of our education. We grow up begging for bedtime stories; as adolescents, we yearn for television and...
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    What Makes a Hero?
    Chris Matakas
    • Dec 11, 2015

    What Makes a Hero?

    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...
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    The Fallacy of Words
    Chris Matakas
    • Oct 26, 2015

    The Fallacy of Words

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