Reading paths
An unhurried way into the classics: each day, a real passage from a primary source and a question to pull the thread with the chat. No rush — follow the path at whatever pace you like.
A week with the StoicsEpictetus, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca in seven passages: what is in our power, how to bear what comes, and how to begin living now.Day 1 – Day 7First steps into PlatoSeven passages to begin with: the examined life, wonder as the origin of philosophy, and the education of the Republic.Day 1 – Day 7The Eastern wayLaozi, Zhuangzi and Confucius in six passages: non-action, muddy water clearing by itself, and the virtue of the superior man.Day 1 – Day 6A week with the DhammapadaSeven verses of the Buddhist canon: the thought that makes us, the hatred that never ceases by hatred, and the ill-thatched house that lets passion in.Day 1 – Day 7Seven days with On LibertyMill in seven passages: the only legitimate reason to limit anyone's freedom, the despotism of custom, and why genius needs air to breathe.Day 1 – Day 7Trust thyselfEmerson and Thoreau in seven passages: the foolish consistency of little minds, imitation as suicide, and the different drummer some of us hear.Day 1 – Day 7Power and the StateFrom Machiavelli to Rousseau in seven passages: whether it is better to be feared than loved, the war of all against all, and the man born free.Day 1 – Day 7