“Divine Will Governs the Universe…” — Cato the Younger — Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my own ideas of metaphysics. What is it reality itself, and should I even have ideas on it when we have science to study the behavioral forces of the cosmos? Those questions may seem kind of pointless because at the end of the day, we…

“All substance is soon absorbed into nature, all that animates it soon restored to the logos, all trace of them both soon covered over by time.” — Marcus Aurelius — There’s been a theme in my life lately, and that theme is change. The world around me is changing rapidly; friendships are changing, familial relationships are changing, and my responsibilities are changing. Change is hard, especially for people like me. I like routine and consistency. I like things to be…

“Virtue is the perfection of a thing.” — Zeno of Citium — I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what exactly Virtue is. The Stoics talk a lot about Virtue. In fact, virtue is the dominant and necessary component of living a good life. But what exactly is Virtue? Is it a blessed state of existence, like living in what Christians would…

Being and Nothingness Series Issue №3 — Last week, we left off on the idea that we have to establish a relationship between the being of a phenomenon and the phenomenon of being. In simple terms, how does being relate to the phenomenon of its existence, and how can we investigate it? Sartre suggests that we can…

Twitter made me write this article — The other day I was perusing Twitter, trying to promote my Medium articles, you know, the usual. As a wannabe philosopher does, I follow a bunch of philosophy accounts and so I get a lot of things suggested to me. Among those things, are a lot of supposed “hot-takes” on…

Philosophical Questions With No Answers — I was reading On The Happy Life by Seneca the other day, and in a particular chapter, he was talking about the three branches of philosophy; the moral, the natural, and the rational. “Philosophy is divided into moral, natural, and rational; the first concerns our manners; the second searches the…

“A Sensual Life is a Miserable Life” — Seneca — At the end of this calendar year, I am moving back to NYC. I am going to be living in a room that can fit a full size bed, a desk, and maybe some storage pieces. My family doesn’t understand. Currently I am living in the suburbs of Connecticut, I…

“Philosophy is the Guide of Life” — Seneca — What value hath philosophy? Traditional philosophy was concerned with all things — it was an encompassing study from metaphysical beliefs to rhetoric to moral actions. The Stoics placed an emphasis on studying metaphysics and moral action; more on moral action, but they their metaphysics was tied up with morality. Today…

Don’t be afraid to put in the work — I’ve been reading this book by Matthew Crawford, called Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the value of work. It was published back in 2010, but it feels more pertinent than ever. …