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Sunday, June 02, 2024

Today's Meditation(s): Discourses , 2.11.1 (Waterfield) Philosophy. Not specifically Stoicism. Any philosophy. Come humbly. Learn wisdom. Find my focus. No more sleepwalking. Time to be intentional.

Nota Bene

I do not necessarily agree with everything you may find on this blog. If they are my words, then yes, I said them because I believe they are either true or, at least, the best I can do at the moment. Maybe my understanding, and opinion, will change as new information and experience come along.

That said, quotes from other sources are sometimes included as challenges to my way of thinking. While I don't agree with what they say, I include them because I know that confirmation bias is real. If I don't challenge my own thoughts, I will never make any progress.

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This is a personal blog, meant for recording my studies. I'm putting it out here to keep a record for myself that I can look back on in the years to come.

Comments and questions are welcome, if any lonely soul finds this blog and feels the need, but they aren't the goal of this record.

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The Books (so far)

The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca
A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy (Peter Sekirin translator)
A Calendar of Wisdom: New Translation by Leo Tolstoy (same book, different translation and selections)
Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, the Human Spirit, and Living a Good Life by Leo Tolstoy (same book, different translation and selections)
A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine
Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (Joachim Neugroschel translator)
The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth
Classical English Rhetoric by Ward Farnsworth
Classical English Style by Ward Farnsworth
Classical English Metaphor by Ward Farnsworth
The Legal Analyst by Ward Farnsworth
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Jane English translator)
The Bhagavad-Gita, As It Is by Swami Prabhupada
The Principal Upanishads by Swami Sivananda
Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless
Zen Flesh Zen Bones by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
Lives of the Stoics, by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer
The Zen Teachings of Huang Po: on the transmissions of Mind (John Blofeld translator)
The Classical Mind by W. T. Jones
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Classic Fairy Tales by Iona and Peter Opie
The Daily Dad
The Daily Stoic
Daily Moment of Happiness
Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
Verbal Judo, The Gentle Art of Persuasion, by George Thompson
The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia (Brad Inwood translator)
365 Ways to Be More Stoic by Tim LeBon
The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot
A Companion to Marcus Aurelius, Marcel van Ackeren ed.
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics by A. A. Long