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A Defence of Stoicism
What It Is and What It Is Not
Jan 29
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Love and Morality in Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil”
“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”
Jan 19
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Steven Gambardella
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Human Nature is a Dangerous Myth
Why the Human Condition Is a Better Basis for Our Ethics
Jan 7
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Steven Gambardella
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The Philosophy of Blending In
How to not lose yourself in the midst of the party
Dec 27, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Desire and Self-Mastery
Plato’s Symposium and Stoic Assent
Dec 19, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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The Trouble with Poetry
A Conversation with Aaron Fagan
Dec 13, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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An Unsettling Portrait of the Human Heart
How the Maxims of La Rochefoucauld Sing and Sting
Dec 4, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Louis Althusser: Rethinking Ideology and the State
Are you free?
Nov 19, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Composure is a measure of how deep you are
Stoicism vs. Depth Psychology
Oct 25, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Spinoza, God, and You
The morning is a symphony of small things — the rumble of the kettle, the diminuendo of a passing car, a shard of sunlight across the worktop.
Oct 15, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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No Excuses
Existentialism and the ethics of becoming who you are
Oct 8, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Beauty is the Struggle in a World of Chaos
Discussing Aztec Philosophy with Sebastian Purcell, PhD
Sep 25, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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Narcissus: A Stoic Retelling
When the river Cephisus, rolling from the snowy caps of Mount Parnassus into the warmth of the Boeotian plane, wrapped the water nymph Liriope into his…
Aug 23, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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A Dangerous Philosophy
An Interview with the Modern Pyrrhonist Douglas Bates
Aug 9, 2025
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Steven Gambardella
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