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Stoicism in my Toolbox

January 15, 2015April 2, 2020 / rung2diotimasladder / 48 Comments

We like to think of philosophy as a worldview or a quest for truth, but I'd like to offer an alternative view—philosophy is a toolbox. We can pick out some specific philosophy for some specific purpose and use it to fix things. To be clear, this toolbox metaphor is not meant to replace that quest … Continue reading Stoicism in my Toolbox

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