The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
“Without a shadow of doubt or a cloud of uncertainty, I’ve created enough diverse content to throw you off my scent. No footprints remain around the entrance of my cave. Neither the snake nor the dragon entered my lair; I live as one who has no worldly care.”…
“The history of the conscience is essentially a journey from an ‘inner witness’ that nags you after you’ve done something wrong, to an ‘inner guide’ that tells you what to do before you act, to an ‘inner weapon’ that subdues instincts and manipulates behavior.”
Nietzsche’s aphorism in The Gay Science (§335) dismantles one of…
“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can… He always reflects concerning the quality, and not the quantity, of his life.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
While Stoic philosophy invites us to confront mortality with clarity and equanimity, modern psychology helps explain why many people cling to…
