From the Inner Citadel into the World Now is the time for action. In Part 4, we visited the Inner Citadel, the very heart of rational agency. We discussed inputs – particularly how they become judgements, how those judgements affect us and how they shape the decisions we see before us. But, at some point, … Read more
If you’ve read the other essays in The Foundations Series, it’s a safe assumption that you’re serious about exploring Stoicism. And that’s a good thing, because it’s about to get weird. Perhaps “counterintuitive” is a better word but, either way, we’ll need to challenge some fairly conventional ideas. In Part 3, we discussed the importance … Read more
This essay is about respecting reality and, at first glance, it might seem unnecessary. I can see responses falling into one of two camps. The first group consists of the type of person who almost revels in the complexity of reality, in the unknowability of it all, and who says things like “Aaaah, but whose … Read more
Collapse I never sought Eudaimonia. On the 23rd of March, 2019, sitting in the kitchen with a pounding headache caused by alcohol withdrawal, stress and antidepressants, I knew everything was about to change. I was done. Having quit my job a few weeks before and seen the doctor about my anxiety, change was already underway, … Read more