That Creatures Great and Small are Free
This post makes an unusual argument that spells out a line of reasoning occurring first at an intuitive level. It is about free will and...
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eudaimon
- Mar 9
- 4 min
Desire for Love as Desire for Truth
Upon waking today, it occurred to me that I wanted to write a post about how what makes romantic love so often irresistible is that it...
eudaimon
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
Philosophy in the Old and New World
Earlier this week, while I was buying produce at the local farmer's market (laiki agora) in Kifissia, Athens, I stopped by a woman who...
eudaimon
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
The Soft Power of Being Oneself
It can be very hard to respect oneself when one admires other people who seem to find one lacking precisely because of one's...
eudaimon
- Feb 22, 2022
- 5 min
What Does Gender Serve?
Among progressives, it is nowadays considered preferable to speak of gender identity as though it represented a primordial fact about...
eudaimon
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
The Uncertain World of Daydreams
One aspect of myself I’ve always been quite aware of, and often bashful about, is my tendency to lapse into daydreaming. When I am on my...
eudaimon
- Jan 28, 2022
- 4 min
Eating for philosophical health
Talking about the nutritional content of food has never been as popular as it is today. We live in a world dominated by "nutrition nuts"...
eudaimon
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Embracing Who We Unknowingly Are
Admiring other people is something we should be careful about doing. I believe we are not wary enough of it because we assume that our...
eudaimon
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
What We Do When We Play
When we play, we not only experience our greatest sense of liberation and joy, but also our creative power to make a world almost...
eudaimon
- Aug 4, 2019
- 4 min
Is Counseling a Model For Relating?
It seems obvious that, as in many professions, one wears a different hat as a counselor than when relating to people in a...
eudaimon
- Jul 28, 2019
- 4 min
Luminous Love
A fellow philosophical counselor has been mentioning Victor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning, to me for a while, so I finally...
eudaimon
- Apr 8, 2019
- 4 min
The Reality of Dreams
One thing I have been thinking about recently is the relationship of imagination to reality. Is what we imagine – in fantasies, dreams,...
eudaimon
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
The Gadfly and the Sluggish Horse
When we think about what it means to be “eudaimon,” it helps to keep the example of Socrates in mind. Socrates has been called the first...
eudaimon
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Think Steadily as a Roman
“Meditation” is on everyone’s mouths today. I would venture that, throughout the urban and cosmopolitan first world, most non-senior...
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