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STOIC POETRY | Go into evil
October 1, 2019 Dear Eric, Good and evil never crossed our minds; and we certainly never attempted to define these concepts or what...
Kurt Bell
Oct 1, 20193 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 28, 20196 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 26, 20193 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 23, 20193 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 22, 20192 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 21, 20191 min read
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STOIC POETRY | The view from outer-space
September 16, 2019 Dear Eric, The distance between me now, here at home by the sea, and Siberia, is about 200 miles. However, the...
Kurt Bell
Sep 16, 20192 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 13, 20192 min read
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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...
Kurt Bell
Sep 11, 20192 min read
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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
Kurt Bell
Sep 9, 20191 min read
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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.
Kurt Bell
Sep 8, 20192 min read
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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
Kurt Bell
Sep 7, 20192 min read
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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
Kurt Bell
Sep 4, 20192 min read
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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
Kurt Bell
Aug 25, 20193 min read
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