STOIC POETRY | A gaze that is straight
September 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Your gaze never once appeared to waver. Was this due to your youth? Was that it? Was it the strength and...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 28, 20196 min read
STOIC POETRY | Getting off the boat
September 28, 2019 Dear Eric, I wonder who you became before you were no more? I only met you that one time after our lives parted ways...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 27, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | The low-road to justice
September 27, 2019 Dear Eric, It's too bad our talks together never explored the issue of morality and justice... As I would have enjoyed...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 26, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Dining upon our emotions
September 26, 2019 Dear Eric, You, my friend, were one wont to emotion. Though normally you were riding high atop the joyful bubble of...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 25, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Holding our breath
September 25, 2019 Dear Eric, How did you engage your mind during those final minutes of life before the lights went out for good? You...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 24, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Safety is never free
September 24, 2019 Dear Eric, You clearly cherished something above your own well-being, which you decided to forgo in favor of better...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 23, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Life in the open
September 23, 2019 Dear Eric, You were never one to hide... But then you were so young you perhaps had little idea what there was to hide...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 22, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Wide margins
September 22, 2019 Dear Eric, How wide were the margins of your life? Not wide enough, I'd guess, given the fact that you left absolutely...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 21, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Stoic Life
September 21, 2019 Dear Eric, Equanimity is the only reward worth pursuing - though we can never gain this treasure by pursuit, less...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 20, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Becoming the person you are
September 20, 2019 Dear Eric, I remember the person you once were. I wonder if you would have remained that person always if you'd lived...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 19, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | The problem of evil
September 19, 2019 Dear Eric, Why would God create a universe with evil? "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 15, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Live afraid, die afraid
September 15, 2019 Dear Eric, Were you very afraid before you died? You knew it was coming. I'd tried to talk you out of it weeks before....
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Kurt Bell
Sep 13, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Softypapa's last video
September 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I was so tempted yesterday to title my latest YouTube upload Softypapa's last video. This is due to the...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 12, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | I always want to turn back
September 12, 2019 Dear Eric, Every time... Every. Single. Time... Every time I go to the desert, or to the mountains, or to the sea, I...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 11, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Making something of nothing
September 11, 2019 Dear Eric, Nihilism's bad rap may stem from the idea's consequent necessity of doing something about it. As...
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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 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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