Newsletter: February 2024

It’s not so much that we live in a world that’s lost faith in metaphysics. It’s rather that we live in a world that’s lost interest.

Newsletter: January 2024

What is to be gained from contemplating one’s mortality? And are you missing out on anything if you don’t?

[Starting Points] Philosophy and Death: Epicurean Answers

Is death a misfortune at all? The Greek philosopher Epicurus thought not. Death can’t be bad for you, he argued, because you don’t experience its badness.

[Starting Points] (What) Can We Learn from Literature?

How can you learn anything from a book full of events that, by the author’s own admission, are completely made up?