Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | To walk alone among ghosts
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | To walk alone among ghosts

    I was never very afraid of the dark, or the things which come out after the sun goes down, to wander, and slither, and creep, and fly...
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    STOIC POETRY | The road into night
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | The road into night

    Such a long hike to get here, now. The place where I set out from is invisible beyond those distant hills, a memory of setting out from a...
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    STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy
    Kurt Bell
    • Apr 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy

    The arrival of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an opportunity to exercise the Stoic virtue of Apathy in the face of what we cannot easily...
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    STOIC POETRY | Minding a sore foot
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    STOIC POETRY | Minding a sore foot

    October 22, 2019 Dear Eric, Our talks back then were so full of optimism. Our youth spoke only of life, and of the optimistic promise of...
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    STOIC POETRY | A gaze that is straight
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | A gaze that is straight

    September 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Your gaze never once appeared to waver. Was this due to your youth? Was that it? Was it the strength and...
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    STOIC POETRY | I fear no social circumstance...
    Kurt Bell
    • Jun 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | I fear no social circumstance...

    I fear no social circumstance For I've been to Mt. Wildness
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    ABOUT

    Going Alone was begun by Kurt Bell in an effort to help others understand and manage  the recognition of the apparent indifference of the universe to our well being, happiness or even our existence, and to find ways to make a good life in spite of this fact.

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