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“The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1–2
Ryan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
upended traditional metaphysics, concerned with the existence and nature of God, in favor of an analysis of the human subject and how he or she knows the world.
Hollis Phelps • Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek
As anyone who has ever invested in the stock market can attest, no sooner have we attained the thing that we thought would make us happy, than we realize that we want more. That is because we are made for God, Augustine said, and God alone can truly satisfy our desire. Whenever we desire this or that material good, we are in an obscure and confused
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
As Seneca said, philosophy is not a fun trick. It’s for use—for life.
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
United in Love: Essays on Justice, Art, and Liturgy (Analyzing Theology)
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Man is not a combination of an impersonal rational thinker and a personal will.
Iris Murdoch • The Sovereignty of Good (Routledge Great Minds)
Many-ness, Kuyper argued, was necessary for created life to flourish in a “fresh and vigorous” manner.