This Is the Test to Apply to Everything
We can imagine he was a busy man, perhaps the busiest man in the world. He had 14 children. There was a pandemic. He had a nagging stomach ailment. He was taking philosophy classes. Oh, and he was the
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Should We Cancel the Stoics?
By most of what seems like the current criteria, the ancient Stoics are ripe targets for cancellation. They were white. They were rich. They wrote about being “manly.” They even referred to foreigners
You Must Stare This Scary Fact in the Face.
If you have ever looked at much ancient or medieval art, you’ll notice something: Death is everywhere. The French painter Philippe de Champaigne’s famous “Still Life with a Skull,” which shows the
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