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I'm not good at moderation. My wife and I have a motto,"It's never too much, it's only not enough." This puts me at odds with stoic teaching, where moderation is one of the virtues. So I'm trying to find my way into a more stoic mindset. I've found nothing but joy and contentment through Stoic practices, so I don't doubt the benefit of a bit more self-discipline. Still, I know my faults. I'm an Immoderate Stoic and this is my blog.
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The School of Life is a place that tries to answer the great questions of life with the help of culture.
here is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And, finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How? Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life?