STOIC POETRY | The pursuit of virtue
September 10, 2019 Dear Eric, You and I never got around to discussing the concept of nihilism; the idea that life is essentially devoid of
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Kurt Bell
Sep 9, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | My daughter's weekend adventure
September 9, 2019 Dear Eric, My daughter had a fine adventure this past weekend. There was excitement, and fun, and a bit of danger. I could
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Kurt Bell
Sep 8, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Coming in from the cold
September 8, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I know why people don't want to die. It's because they know there's nothing for us after life is done.
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Kurt Bell
Sep 7, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Social Principle
September 7, 2019 Dear Eric, I'd remain with my family and people always, if I didn't know there is - and is not - more. So, I go to see the
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Kurt Bell
Sep 6, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | A note from adventure
September 6, 2019 Dear Eric, I’m typing you this note with some difficulty from a tent in the deep desert. There's just one-bar of...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 5, 20195 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Risk of Avoiding Risk
September 5, 2019 Dear Eric, An important principle of The Good Life is something I call The Risk of Avoiding Risk. The idea is that there
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Kurt Bell
Sep 4, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Teaching children to live well
September 4, 2019 Dear Eric, What is the end pursuit of virtue? And for that matter what is virtue? I define virtue as the improvement of
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Kurt Bell
Sep 3, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | To die in doubt
September 3, 2019 Dear Eric, Can you imagine how much less my confidence now, than when we once conferred together on so many subjects of
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Kurt Bell
Sep 2, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Agent in a vacuum
September 2, 2019 Dear Eric, How much vacuum - if any - is necessary to discover free will? How much of the "substrate" of the universe
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Kurt Bell
Sep 1, 20196 min read
STOIC POETRY | Crossing The Brothers Karamazov
September 1, 2019 Dear Eric, I'm currently reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamozov. It's a big book. A very big book! I'm now
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Kurt Bell
Aug 31, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Acquiring a position of faith
August 31, 2019 Eric, You're not going to believe this... But I've become one of the faithful. Yup. It happened yesterday, about an hour
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Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancy
August 26, 2019 Dear Eric, My suspicion that free will is an illusion is a curious specimen. You know how I don't like resting my hat on i
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Kurt Bell
Aug 25, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Seeking to forget
August 25, 2019 Dear Eric, Yesterday was Saturday. And the pool where I live - a very nice pool, more like a resort, really - was lively w
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Kurt Bell
Aug 24, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Decidedly moved
August 24, 2019 Dear Eric, I was away for a few days this week moving. My family and I have at last truly, finally arrived in America.
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Kurt Bell
Aug 18, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | The pirate ride
August 18, 2019 Dear Eric, There’s no good reason to imagine we’re anything but atoms and molecules, and compounds and organs, and muscles
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Kurt Bell
Aug 17, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Destroyer of worlds
August 17, 2019 Dear Eric, I made something since you became done. We never once spoke of this thing during our talks at college, as I think
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Kurt Bell
Aug 16, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Going more deeply alone
August 16, 2019 Dear Eric, I'm a little intimidated at the idea of going alone without social media. So far, living untethered from the mo
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Kurt Bell
Aug 15, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | The illusion of free will
August 15, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I've made up my mind regarding free will... I don't think we have it. I think free will is an illusion
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Kurt Bell
Aug 14, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | Dying Out Loud - Dave Wamock
August 14, 2019 Eric, I watched an interesting video yesterday which featured a man named Dave Wamock who was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Ge
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Kurt Bell
Aug 13, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Going Quiet
August 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I've gone quiet on social media... I know you don't know what that is - social media. It's the way people keep in
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