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Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers

Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers

Explore the answers to the big questions through a voyage among the major Greco-Roman philosophies of life.

2025

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Gregory Lopez, Massimo Pigliucci, et al.

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How to be a bad emperor with Suetonius

Part X of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

3d ago

How to be a bad emperor with Suetonius

3d ago

Without evidence, there is no knowledge

Albert Einstein’s theory of knowledge can teach us a lot about how we (should) understand the world

Dec 11

Without evidence, there is no knowledge

Dec 11

Epictetus and the wand of Hermes

Did you know that Stoicism confers a special kind of magical power?

Dec 4

Epictetus and the wand of Hermes

Dec 4

How to Focus with John Cassian

Part XXVI of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

Nov 27

How to Focus with John Cassian

Nov 27

Should academics be political activists?

Navigating the perilous waters of public intellectualism

Nov 20

Should academics be political activists?

Nov 20

Profiles in skepticism: Carneades

The philosopher for whom belief comes in degrees

Nov 13

Profiles in skepticism: Carneades

Nov 13

Some thoughts on Effective Altruism

Would you save a Picasso or a child from a burning building, and why?

Nov 7

Some thoughts on Effective Altruism

Nov 7

On elections

If there is a time to be a Stoic, it is now

Nov 4

On elections

Nov 4

How to win an election with Quintus T. Cicero

Part XI of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

Oct 30

How to win an election with Quintus T. Cicero

Oct 30

Stoic role ethics: a primer

One of the most innovative aspects of Stoicism could be one of the best ways to live your life

Oct 23

Stoic role ethics: a primer

Oct 23

Figs in Winter

Figs in Winter

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by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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