Ars Gratia

As much as I’ve read about various self-improvement topics (health, finance, productivity being the most consumed), I have a love-hate relationship with the topic, leaning heavily toward the negative. The genre wouldn’t be so popular if people weren’t looking for something, but so much of it tends to be a kind of passifier. After all, if you’re reading about getting...

In recent years I’ve developed an interest in reading more philosophy and the classics, with an eye toward expanding beyond the Western canon to a broad survey of thought and wisdom from around the world. Part of that was a drive to be a lifelong learner. Another was to take seriously the idea of a fully examined life, and making...