"I have not only occasionally made a confession of belief in essays, but once, a little more than ten years ago attempted to set forth my belief in a book. This book is called Siddharta." - Hermann Hesse I've long wanted to read this book. The reason that got me so long to start …
On Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (Philosophy of Roman Stoicism)
"The model for the application of your principles is the boxer rather than the gladiator. The gladiator puts down or takes up the sword he uses, but the boxer always has his hands and needs only to clench them into fists." The Roman Stoicism was not interested in abstract theory. Rather, they are more …
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