A recent post on Marcus Aurelius and change found another emperor / ruler talking about change – … mostly the same sentiment. Wikipedia has this to say about the book. “In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen…
Being a daily activist includes what you eat. How you buy your food, prepare your food, and with whom you share that food. Where that food is grown and the costs and risks of moving it to your table is critically important on so many levels. Statista published an infographic on where local eating is…
Not a typical philosophical question on the surface, but some social bias surely. A recent Statista post really got my attention, and I wanted to gnash my teeth and wail against both the data and the social commentary. Is there a social / cultural philosophy trend changing that promotes greed and selfishness even in our…
Ok … our recent culture seems to be teetering on the edge of something bad – changing … One can do many things with that perception. I have chosen the stoic route. Here’s a Wikipedia definition / explanation that is as simple as one gets: “The Stoics believed that the practice of virtue is enough…
Based on an author recommendation from a good and smart friend, I picked up Turtles all the way down (Goodreads). That saying gets used too often and sometimes totally makes sense … in this case, I struggled to find the turtles in this story. Maybe the magnitude of anxiety will always have another turtle ……
A typical philosopher’s question goes something like … What is the human soul (before, during and after the human’s life)? I thought that question too self-absorbed. I want to know about the soul of a star … where does it go after the star?
