Forgetting to Remember Old Lessons Hard-Won, or: Read Emerson Now
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Study, circa 1888. Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Nature and Other Essay…
Practising Stoic Philosophy
Practising Stoic Philosophy at the Gunning Library. 7th October 2017. Photo by Leslie Bush. After reading on Trove abou…
I think, therefore, I am... Hey, what's that shadow?
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre meet Ernesto Che Guevara in Cuba, 1960. Photo: Public Domain . Irrational Man: …
Pedagogical Evolution: A Personal Journey
It was more than one hundred years later before corporal punishment was banned in Queensland state schools. Cartoon: Wi…
Developing My Research Philosophy Part 4: Le Flâneur Politique
Walter Benjamin: The Arcades Project I believe that philosophy is the proper starting place for any human endeavour. W…
Matthew Sharpe: Stoicism 5.0: The unlikely 21st century reboot of an ancient philosophy
Jacques-Louis David's "La morte di Seneca" (1773). Source: Wikimedia . From Cynicism to Stoicism No one e…
Book Notes: "Teach Yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness" by Donald J. Robertson
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière's "The Death of Cato of Utica" (1795). Source: Wikimedia . Teach Yourself Stoi…
Book Notes: "The Inner Life" by Thomas à Kempis
Thomas a Kempis on Mount Agnes (c. 17th Century) via Wikimedia . The Inner Life by Thomas à Kempis My rating: 3 of 5 s…