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The Final Days of Socrates: On Imitating Socrates and Jesus

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(Re)Learning How to Journal

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Benjamin Franklin: Unmasked!

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Lessons from my cat Desi, or: On not doing what we ought and continuing not to do it

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On the trail of the Christian use of the Delphic maxim "Know Thyself"

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There is no time like the present to cultivate your own garden

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On the Origins of Folk Wisdom with Poor Richard

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How I Journal

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Beyond Good and Evil: or, Breathing is a Virtue

08 February 2018

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Schopenhauer on Religion: Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet

19 January 2018

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On Giving Yourself a Break: or, You are a man, not God!

18 January 2018

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Reflecting on Reflecting in 2017: My year of The Daily Stoic

30 December 2017

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Practising Stoic Philosophy

10 October 2017

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Book Notes: "The Inner Life" by Thomas à Kempis

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On Keeping Book Notes and a Professional Library

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