• Why Do I Write?

  

  Why do I write? When I say write I mean writing philosophy. I could try writing other things, I suppose, but what I have been writing up to now is philosophy. And not only writing it but also putting it online for all to see. What is the purpose of this? […]

  drtobybetenson

  16th Feb 2024

  Philosophy

  Kant, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Plato, Socrates, Wittgenstein, Writing, Zhuangzi

• Solitary and Poor

  When society is so much junk, it leaves you longing for a life that is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. (Or at least the first two…)

  drtobybetenson

  4th Feb 2024

  Reflections & Maxims

  Chuang Tzu, Cynicism, Hobbes, Leviathan, Nature, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Society, Zhuangzi

• The Quietist’s Prayer

  ‘Give me silence, but not yet.’

  drtobybetenson

  18th Jan 2024

  Reflections & Maxims

  Augustine, Chuang Tzu, Confessions, Daoism, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Zhuangzi

A Student of Socrates

Tag: Zhuangzi