PinnedHeroes in the Seaweed·Aug 4, 2023The genius of the Socratic methodOr: how to get people to change their minds, without hating youA response icon6A response icon6
PinnedHeroes in the Seaweed·Oct 10, 2022Rereading the enlightenment, after (or against) the culture warsExtract from Matthew Sharpe, The Other Enlightenment (Rowman & Littlefield, to appear Dec. 2022)A response icon1A response icon1
PinnedHeroes in the Seaweed·Jun 13, 2022How to Read Seneca TodayIlsetraut Hadot’s “Preface” and “Introduction” to Sénèque. Direction spirituelle et pratique de la philosophieA response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInRebooting the triviumbyHeroes in the Seaweed·Mar 5, 2022Seven Sophisms People Use to Defend the IndefensibleA note on the casuistry of evilA response icon9A response icon9
PinnedHeroes in the Seaweed·Mar 1, 2022Stoicism 1, 2, 3, 4: A Memory Aid for MeditationStoic meditation is about memorizing Stoic teachings deeply, which you can call upon facing adversities. As Marcus Aurelius says:A response icon2A response icon2
Heroes in the Seaweed·1h agoOn the argument from necessity, when there are choices (eg about AI)When resignation and cynicism is decked out in metaphysics
Heroes in the Seaweed·2d agoThe gods must be … artfulThe close of Balbus’s speech in De natura deorum II (xlii-xlvi)
Heroes in the Seaweed·2d agoWhat wonders! Balbus’s argument for design in Cicero’s De natura deorum IIIncluding the hymn to the human condition and our capacities
Heroes in the Seaweed·5d agoBalbus on Stoic theology II in Cicero’s De natura deorum“The gods must be providential”
Heroes in the Seaweed·Jul 9Balbus’s speech: the Stoics on the gods 1On Cicero’s De natura deorum, book II (5)
