ancient philosophy
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Epicureanism: The Philosophy of Tranquil Pleasure
Ataraxia, aponia, the Epicurean Garden commune, Lucretius's De Rerum Natura, and Epicurus's argument that death is nothing to us — not hedonism, but philosophy of tranquility.
9 min readEpicureanism
Marcus Aurelius: Lessons from the Meditations
The Meditations were never meant for publication. A guide to Marcus Aurelius's private Stoic journal — pneuma, the dichotomy of control, amor fati, and their practical application.
9 min readStoicism
Virtue Ethics: Aristotle, Eudaimonia, and Human Flourishing
Eudaimonia vs. happiness, phronesis as practical wisdom, the doctrine of the mean, and virtue ethics' contemporary revival through MacIntyre, Foot, and modern moral psychology.
9 min readvirtue ethics