Eudaimonia & Wellbeing
i am renouncing useless guilt, and refraining from making a cult of suffering. i am living in the now (or at least the soon), doing what i fear, trusting joy, and believing i will figure it out. i am taking the time to learn about what brings me joy, not just relief, what feels nourishing, not just numbing.
A few weeks ago, the Scottish American philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre died, aged 96. His best known work, After Virtue , is an extraordinary book. Despite its considerable impact over the past few decades (it was published in 1981), it still reads as a startlingly original, radical critique of modern society, and of moral philosophy itself.... See more
Practice and Virtue
Practice and Virtue
thepathosofthings.comThe purpose of moral principles, or more particularly moral virtues , is to guide us towards our telos . Once we lose the crucial concepts of character and potential, we are left with a morality consisting of abstract rules, or an acceptance of āhuman natureā as it is, or judgements about particular actions removed from their proper context. As... See more
Practice and Virtue
You canāt wait until everyone understands you and gives you their permission and blessing to go live your life how you want. You donāt need to feel guilty about moving on, letting go, losing their dumb status games, and going after your own life goals. It is ok if youāre not properly calibrated to humanity and meet some people who try to take... See more
Patricia Mou ⢠[non-paywalled issue] The Rabbit Hole š³š issue no.34
Social media doesnāt let us actually absorb the information we consume. Weāre blasted with low-context content and given no time to reflect on what weāve just consumed before the next video starts to play. Functionally, itās the same as junk food ā we absorb the message straight into our psyche without vetting it, contextualizing it or reflecting... See more
What takes hold when control slips?
substack.comlove the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even... See more