Monday Mailbag

Should We be Political?

Or Escape to the Garden?

Mar 24 • Classical Wisdom

Beware the Ides of March…But Ask This First

Was Caesar inevitable? Are Plato's warnings about the demise of democracy still true?

Mar 10 • Classical Wisdom

The Philosophy of Getting Lost

Intellectual humility in the Land of the Rising Sun

Mar 2 • Classical Wisdom

1:26

Was Socrates Wrong?

The Case for Arguing with the Greatest Minds in History

Feb 9 • Classical Wisdom and Alex Spieldenner

How Can We Accept Change?

And When Should We Not?

Feb 2 • Classical Wisdom

Do “I” Matter?

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Egos

Jan 26 • Classical Wisdom

Saved by the Smoke...

Do We Need More Ritual in our Lives?

Jan 5 • Classical Wisdom

Is Your Mind Just Matter?

MRI Meditations...

Dec 15, 2025 • Classical Wisdom

What is Beauty?

The Tale of Two Violins

Dec 8, 2025 • Classical Wisdom

Who Decides Culture? And Does it Require the Classics?

Erik Satie's 'Socrate'

Dec 1, 2025 • Classical Wisdom

1:28

What to do with Transactional Friends?

The Philosophy of the One-Sided Friendship...

Nov 10, 2025 • Classical Wisdom

How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics

Everything changes and nothing stands still.

Oct 27, 2025 • Classical Wisdom

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