July 2006

Why I am not a Stoic!

I don't profess to fully understand stoicism. I never read much stoic philosophy before now. I did read the Enchiridion by Epictetus as an ndergraduate, but frankly, it left me pretty cold at the time. I couldn't relate to it at all. Maybe that's because as a young man, I was pretty non-stoical.

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Philosophy Talk Moves to Sunday

We're back in the studio after our trip to DC.   DC was great fun and we had a great time doing our show in the Capitol Building.  There wasn't exactly a huge turn-out.   Unfortunately,  invitations to the event didn't go out until pretty late in the game,  and of those who RSVP'ed that they were coming, there were a fair number of no-shows.  But still, the audience was quite engaged and engaging.   Kathleen Sullivan was a truly dynamite guest.  The program will probably air in November,  the Sunday before election day.  It wa

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