A while ago I read about the alternate meaning of logos as reason. Substituting the word reason in the translation…
On How Not To Be Bothered When Bad Things Happen: The Stoics
I sometimes wonder if all the great stoics were born without an amygdala.
On How to be Content with Life Even When It’s Rotten: The Stoic View
that is such an interesting, yet feasible explanation. when I lived in China. The executive leadership which holds the power…
On How I Begin My Book on Jesus, Ethics, and Altruism
Great post! I have a short article on John's logos and the history of Philosophy: https://infidels.org/library/modern/testing-robyn-faith-walsh-hypothesis-1/
On Does this World Make Any Sense? The Ancient Stoics
"72 hours away" less than 40 hours away 6PM Fri all day Sat 6AM Sun. That is 36hours I don't…
On Another Reason for Thinking Jesus Called Himself the Messiah
What I got from Stoicism is how to deal with nature (life) practically. As you pointed out - control what…
On How Not To Be Bothered When Bad Things Happen: The Stoics
I don't think that this Judas argument is so strong. It doesn't seem implausible at all that the author of…
On Why Should We Think Jesus Called Himself the Messiah?
So, whereas Jesus's disciples knew Jesus as the Son of Man in the first half of his ministry but learned…
On Intriguing Questions and Attempted Answers!
It appears as if many of what came to be seen as fundamental Christian concepts were unthinkable without Greek philosophy.…
On How Not To Be Bothered When Bad Things Happen: The Stoics
"What, me worry?" Alfred E. Neuman
On How Not To Be Bothered When Bad Things Happen: The Stoics