Category Archives: Ataraxia

Horace: Dare to be Wise

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

If you don’t set your mind on honest aims and pursuits, On waking, you’ll be tortured by envy or lust. Why so quick to remove a speck from your eye, when If it’s your mind, you put off the cure … Continue reading →

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“I Call You to Constant Pleasures!” – Epicurus

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Diogenes’ Wall: on Old Age

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

We should not view the young man as happy, but rather the old man whose life has been fortunate. The young man at the height of his powers is often befuddled by chance and driven from his course; but the … Continue reading →

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Diogenes’ Wall: on the Pleasures

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

In the coming weeks, The Autarkist will be covering in detail some gleanings from Diogenes’ Wall Inscription. Diogenes of Oenoanda was a wealthy Epicurean from the Second Century of Common Era who lived in what is today the south of Turkey. He erected the … Continue reading →

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On the Virtue of Coolness

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

Coolness is the proper way you represent yourself to a human being. – Robert Farris Thompson A happy life is like neither to a roaring torrent, nor a stagnant pool, but to a placid and crystal stream that flows gently … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche on Introversion

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX The issue of introversion in Nietzsche and in society deserves separate and focused attention. Introverts, in spite of their unique contributions that they are uniquely … Continue reading →

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Happy Twentieth! – Shall we Banish the Ego?!

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

Peace and Safety on this Twentieth to all Epicureans and Humanists everywhere! It gets parroted so often and by so many people seemingly in positions of moral authority, that many people never quite shake off the insinuation that the ego … Continue reading →

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