Every gain in our power over nature is also a gain in some people’s power over other people.That’s the argument at the center of the final chapter of C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man. Once human…
Emily Wilson translated The Odyssey. She also reviewed a new translation of Epictetus, and she wasn’t impressed.Michael thinks she got him wrong. Not because she doesn’t know the ancient world. She…
Are we blank slates? Or does the mind come pre-furnished?The Stoics said blank. Aetius describes a newborn soul as a sheet of paper waiting to be written on. Every idea you have got there through…
Most people who say values are just opinions don’t actually believe it. They have values. They defend them. They just save the skepticism for everyone else.That’s C.S. Lewis’s charge in the second…
Is Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey more Stoic than Homer’s?Caleb shares a quick solo take. A look at the movie through a Stoic lens.There are “spoilers” – don’t listen yet if you don’t want to hear about…
Caleb and Michael both saw the film. This is a proper review.Caleb and Michael share what they think and work through what lands and what doesn’t.Don’t worry this is our last bit of Odyssey content…
Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven I speak with Scott Aikin, a philosopher at Vanderbilt University.…
Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven “He gives his sole attention to how he might carry out his own…
Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven "No, we have not picked all the low-hanging fruit yet." In this…
Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven How can you remain Stoic when everyone around you has lost their…
