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Epistle to the Stoics

Epistle to the Stoics A Call to Arms I originally wrote this epistle for the Stoicism Today blog at Modern Stoicism. Thanks to Gregory B. Sadler and Harald Kavli for the offer! Dear Stoics, I should begin by saying that it’s an honour to be writing to you all at the kind invitation of Harold […]

On Radical Claims of Enlightenment

A spirited epistle by Simon Drew covering themes of wisdom, honest seeking, and the path of enlightenment.

"I'll play it first and tell you what it is later."

"There's a rhythm in my heart... Incredible."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"To heed is to have faith in one’s own ability to be transformed."

"Things are not all as graspable and sayable as we are led to believe."

"To the distant hills we go, with philosophy as our guide."

"If I had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born."

"The Logos hath risen."

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

"The key is offered to all, and yet not all have opened the door to peer within."