- On Judgment & Humility
The Nature of Judgment
Are the things we judge others for reflections of the self?
- On Discipline & Meditation
The Untrained Mind
The Craft of Happiness, the Practice of Love, the Discipline of Peace.
- On Stoicism & Discipline
The Case for Intrinsic Purpose
Modern Philosophy is click bait, true philosophy is personal.
- On Men & Modernity
The Undemanded Man
A quiet numbness is settling over capable men. It is not weakness, it is not permanent, and naming it is the first step out.
Leaves and Rivers
Such small things.
- On Reading & Reflection
On Keeping a Commonplace Book
Why the oldest habit of readers is also the quietest discipline of the mind.
- On Stoicism & Discipline
The Morning and Its Argument
Marcus begins the Meditations by talking himself out of bed. So do the rest of us.
- On Attention & Distraction
Against the Tyranny of the Feed
On reclaiming attention as the one possession no one can take but everyone can borrow.