Philosophy

Know Thyself By Knowing the Temperaments 17
- Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- July 22, 2025
Between pop psychology, personality tests, enneagrams, and horoscopes, there’s someone on every corner giving the answer to the self. But the quest for self-discovery is nothing new. The ancient Greeks had their own Myers-Briggs: the four temperaments. In fact, much of our current personality analysis boils down to these. A temperament refers to the natural
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Jordan Peterson’s Contorted Wrestling With God 21
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 20, 2025
Over the last 10 years, psychologist, author, and online influencer Jordan Peterson has won renown and sparked controversy. His Roman candle ascent to fame began in 2016 when he posted the three-video series, “Professor Against Political Correctness,” followed by his book, “12 Rules for Life,” which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Peterson’s rules include
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Did You Know a Famous Philosopher Just Died?8
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 17, 2025
Had you been a Greek or an educated Roman, you would have known the names of certain philosophers. Any Greek would have known of Socrates, Plato or Aristotle, and maybe even have been able to tell you a few of their important ideas. But if you asked a person on the street today to name
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To Be an Individual, You Must First Accept Authority 9
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 10, 2025
Once, when giving a talk to a room full of young men, I told them to consider asking their parents to hold them accountable for what they did on the internet. Guffaws rippled through the crowd. “Our parents? Is he serious?” It wasn’t that they couldn’t imagine limits being placed on their online activity. (As
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The ‘Useless’ Things Make Us More Fully Human 24
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2025
Every morning I’m up before dawn, enjoying some coffee on my front porch, and thanking my Maker for another day – I’ve reached the age where that gratitude is heartfelt. Two or three times a day, I play a couple of games of solitaire. Often, I’ll read a few pages from some book I know
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Making Dreams Come True Is More Than Wishing Upon a Star 22
- Culture, Education, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
- May 6, 2025
Years ago, a newlywed couple spent a couple nights at the bed-and-breakfast my wife and I operated. Talking with us in the kitchen one afternoon, the husband declared that he intended to be a millionaire by the time he was 30. He was then working in some sort of direct sales outfit in which promotion
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