by Francis Gasparini | Feb 20, 2023 | Stoic interviews, Stoic writers
2023 continues strong on the blog, as we caught up with the delightful Kathryn Koromilas. She is a writer, teacher, coach, and proud denizen of Scotland whose interests range widely. Her podcast, the Stoic Salon, features a who’s who of the most thoughtful and...
by Francis Gasparini | Apr 22, 2022 | dichotomy of control
The core principle of Stoicism is that we can’t control what happens, we can only control our response to it. Yet, as a Stoic. I’m struggling to imagine how I would respond to the floor collapsing under me, causing me to fall into a cesspool with 60 of my...
by sgorsky | Feb 15, 2022 | Deep Thoughts?
There are many ways to die. You could be impaled by a swordfish, brained by a coconut or crushed under a falling pile of coffins at your mortuary business. You could eat yourself to death like King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, or you could drink a lethal amount of...
