Massimo Pigliucci

three levels of influence that we have over the world.

Epictetus, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, and Marcus Aurelius speak to us in plain language, far removed from the often cryptic Buddhist texts or even the flowery allegories of early Christianity.

event–cum–social science experiment

Man’s Search for Meaning

Aaron T. Beck, author of Cognitive Therapy of Depression

the nature of the world (metaphysics), how it works (natural science), and how (imperfectly) we come to understand it (epistemology).

the nature of the world (metaphysics), how it works (natural science), and how (imperfectly) we come to understand it (epistemology).

“the actual hitting of the mark [is] to be chosen but not to be desired,”

we are the only ape or Old World monkey without a bone in our penis.

empirically is to attempt to somehow bridge the is/ought gap in a scientifically based way.