Category archives: Radical Unreasonableness
A Ripened Olive
“Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it… continue reading »
Only begin
“I am your teacher and you are learning in my school. My aim is to bring you to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior, unrestrained, without shame, free, flourishing, and happy, looking to God in things great and small—your aim… continue reading »
A perturbed mind
“Keep this thought at the ready at daybreak, and through the day and night—there is only one path to happiness, and that is in giving up all outside of your sphere of choice, regarding nothing else as your possession, surrendering… continue reading »
Locus of Control
“Some things are in our control, while others are not. We control our opinion, choice, desire, aversion, and, in a word, everything of our own doing. We don’t control our body, property, reputation, position, and, in a word, everything not… continue reading »
Education in Freedom
Still ruminating on the Epictetus quote in the post from t days ago. I’ve posted about Tranquility and Fearlessness. Now on to freedom. I googled ‘freedom quotes’ and on Good Reads came on this quote from Jim Morrison: “The most important… continue reading »
Fearlessness
In my last post, I quoted from the Stoic Epictetus about the three fruits of true education: Tranquility, Fearlessness, and Freedom. I want to take up Fearlessness. Is Epictetus really suggesting that we can arrive at a place where we… continue reading »
An Education that Matters
What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated – Tranquility, Fearless, and Freedom. We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the… continue reading »