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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

What Rules Your Ruling Reason?

What Rules Your Ruling Reason?

The Daily Stoic for March 26th. “What rules your ruling reason?” “How does your ruling reason manage itself? For in that is the key to everything. Whatever else remains, be it in the power of your choice or not, is but a corpse and smoke.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.33

The Internet We Are Building

The Internet We Are Building

Facebook is certainly hitting the headlines these days. The huge data leak, its role in the results of the recent US elections, the increasing privacy concerns of its users… It all sums up to a strong feeling of discontent among once devoted fans. However, we can’t blame Facebook alone.

Wealth And Freedom Are Free

Wealth And Freedom Are Free

The Daily Stoic for March 25th. “Wealth and freedom are free”. “. . . freedom isn’t secured by filling up on your heart’s desire but by removing your desire.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.175 In our society, there seems to be a very well defined concept of wealth or personal well-being.

There Is Philosophy In Everything

There Is Philosophy In Everything

The Daily Stoic for March 24th. “There Is Philosophy In Everything”. “Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active—suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that

The Straitjacketed Soul

The Straitjacketed Soul

The Daily Stoic for March 23rd. “The straitjacketed soul”. “The diseases of the rational soul are long-standing and hardened vices, such as greed and ambition—they have put the soul in a straitjacket and have begun to be permanent evils inside it. To put it briefly, this sickness is an

The Sign Of True Education

The Sign Of True Education

The Daily Stoic for March 22nd. “The sign of true education”. “What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to apply our natural preconceptions to the right things according to Nature, and beyond that to separate the things that lie within our power from those that don’

The Best Retreat Is In Here, Not Out There

The Best Retreat Is In Here, Not Out There

The Daily Stoic for March 21st. “The best retreat is in here, not out there” “People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of