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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 flourish with Aristotle

Part XXVIII of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

4d ago

How to flourish with Aristotle

4d ago

The two reasons I left Christianity

I didn’t fully realize it at the time, but it had to do with logic and science

Jan 1

The two reasons I left Christianity

Jan 1

Eagles and errors

What Ridley Scott gets seriously wrong in Gladiator II

Dec 24, 2024

Eagles and errors

Dec 24, 2024

How to be a bad emperor with Suetonius

Part X of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

Dec 18, 2024

How to be a bad emperor with Suetonius

Dec 18, 2024

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, 2024

Without evidence, there is no knowledge

Dec 11, 2024

Epictetus and the wand of Hermes

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

Dec 4, 2024

Epictetus and the wand of Hermes

Dec 4, 2024

How to Focus with John Cassian

Part XXVI of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series

Nov 27, 2024

How to Focus with John Cassian

Nov 27, 2024

Should academics be political activists?

Navigating the perilous waters of public intellectualism

Nov 20, 2024

Should academics be political activists?

Nov 20, 2024

Profiles in skepticism: Carneades

The philosopher for whom belief comes in degrees

Nov 13, 2024

Profiles in skepticism: Carneades

Nov 13, 2024

Some thoughts on Effective Altruism

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

Nov 7, 2024

Some thoughts on Effective Altruism

Nov 7, 2024

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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