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STOIC POETRY | The low-road to justice
September 27, 2019 Dear Eric, It's too bad our talks together never explored the issue of morality and justice... As I would have enjoyed...

Kurt Bell
Sep 27, 20193 min read


STOIC POETRY | Dining upon our emotions
September 26, 2019 Dear Eric, You, my friend, were one wont to emotion. Though normally you were riding high atop the joyful bubble of...

Kurt Bell
Sep 26, 20193 min read


STOIC POETRY | Holding our breath
September 25, 2019 Dear Eric, How did you engage your mind during those final minutes of life before the lights went out for good? You...

Kurt Bell
Sep 25, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Life in the open
September 23, 2019 Dear Eric, You were never one to hide... But then you were so young you perhaps had little idea what there was to hide...

Kurt Bell
Sep 23, 20193 min read


STOIC POETRY | The Stoic Life
September 21, 2019 Dear Eric, Equanimity is the only reward worth pursuing - though we can never gain this treasure by pursuit, less...

Kurt Bell
Sep 21, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | The problem of evil
September 19, 2019 Dear Eric, Why would God create a universe with evil? "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create...

Kurt Bell
Sep 19, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Softypapa's last video
September 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I was so tempted yesterday to title my latest YouTube upload Softypapa's last video. This is due to the...

Kurt Bell
Sep 13, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Making something of nothing
September 11, 2019 Dear Eric, Nihilism's bad rap may stem from the idea's consequent necessity of doing something about it. As...

Kurt Bell
Sep 11, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | The pursuit of virtue
September 10, 2019 Dear Eric, You and I never got around to discussing the concept of nihilism; the idea that life is essentially devoid of

Kurt Bell
Sep 10, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | The Social Principle
September 7, 2019 Dear Eric, I'd remain with my family and people always, if I didn't know there is - and is not - more. So, I go to see the

Kurt Bell
Sep 7, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Teaching children to live well
September 4, 2019 Dear Eric, What is the end pursuit of virtue? And for that matter what is virtue? I define virtue as the improvement of

Kurt Bell
Sep 4, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | To die in doubt
September 3, 2019 Dear Eric, Can you imagine how much less my confidence now, than when we once conferred together on so many subjects of

Kurt Bell
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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