Cicero vs Lucius Sergius Catilina
We’ve got a tale that has it all—ambition, treachery, high-stakes political drama, and the ultimate clash of ideologies. It’s the story of Lucius Sergius Catilina, known to us as Catiline. Continue Reading
Cicero, the Roman I most admire…
Marcus Tullius Cicero, was a man of exceptional talent, intelligence and integrity, who I like to call Rome’s most learned man. A polymath skilled in a range of areas such Continue Reading
What is philosophy for?
Let’s begin by saying something bold, philosophy is first and foremost about using the rational faculty that all human beings possess to determine personal happiness. In order to find happiness, Continue Reading
The world as metanarrative
Pictured as the featured image of this article is French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard (1924—1998) who famously defined postmodernism in one short sound bite: “simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodernism Continue Reading
Doing a Chrysippus
The Greek Stoic philosopher Chrysippus (279 – c. 206 BC) was a major figure in Stoicism, he was head of that school and was reputed to be a prolific Continue Reading
On Old Age by Cicero – fourth objection, It is not far from death.
We come to the last conclusion of this series, the fourth objection: “We must finally consider the fourth objection to growing old – an objection that seems especially calculated Continue Reading
On Old Age by Cicero – Third objection, It deprives us of almost all sensual pleasures.
Moving on from the last topic, Cato continues on his defence of old age; he gladly proclaims: “We come now to the third objection to growing older – that Continue Reading
On Old Age by Cicero – Second objection, it weakens the body.
Cato continues his pep talk on why old age should not be looked upon as a burden: “I no longer wish for the strength of youth – that Continue Reading
On Old Age by Cicero – First objection, It takes us away from an active life.
In the first objection against old age, Cato fights against the claim of old age as a period in our lives where things slow down and stagnate and Continue Reading
On Old Age by Cicero – Intro, Preliminary Discourses & Minor Arguments
Bust of Cato the Elder Introduction Based on its mention in three letters to Atticus, Cicero’s friend, the earliest of which was written on 12th of May, 44 BC, Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 6 That the wise man alone is rich
We finally arrive at the last paradox; Paradox VI. That the wise man alone is rich. Cicero gives us his definition, revealed later, on what makes us rich and Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 5 That the wise man alone is free, and that every fool is a slave.
Now to enter the world of Paradox V. That the wise man alone is free, and that every fool is a slave. As part of the commentary of Cicero’s Stoic Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 4 That Every Fool Is A Madman
Now to attend Paradox IV – That every fool is a madman. This one’s only two pages long! However Mark Webb in his CICERO’S PARADOXA STOICORUM:A NEW TRANSLATION WITH PHILOSOPHICAL Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 3 All the vices and all the virtues are equal
As this series continues on exploring these paradoxes presented by Cicero, I uncover and mine out the topics of each paradox. The next we come across is Paradox III Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 2 Virtue Is Sufficient For Happiness
The previous paradox stated that virtue is the only good and if virtue is the only good then logically virtue alone is sufficient for happiness and that is Continue Reading
Stoic Paradoxes – Paradox 1 That Virtue Is The Only Good
Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes The Stoic Paradoxes is a short work written ‘during these shorter nights’ of the year 46BC. The work is comprised of six essays addressed to Continue Reading
On Birth, Death, History and the Restoration to Non-Existence
Just like fire we have our kindling and our extinguishing If you’re looking for hard-hitting contemplations tugging on your sense of impending mortality then you’re in the Continue Reading