by The New Agora | Dec 5, 2021 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Way of The Master: Life as Apprenticeship By Gary Z McGee “It is the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures. Alienating...
by The New Agora | Nov 21, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Art of Deathproofing By Gary Z McGee “Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings blessed death.” ~Leonardo Da Vinci Death comes to us all. But life does not, necessarily....
by The New Agora | Nov 6, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Power of High Humor By Gary Z McGee “The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.” ~R.A. Lafferty A robust character hinges on the Seven Core Virtues (courage, moderation, wisdom, justice, creativity,...
by The New Agora | Oct 28, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How To Self-Overcome Like Friedrich Nietzsche By Gary Z McGee “Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then search.”...
by The New Agora | Oct 22, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Count Coup on The Gods By Gary Z McGee “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” ~Moliere Realize, here at the outset: the only reason the gods exist in the second place is because our...
by The New Agora | Oct 13, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Become a Cosmic Hero “In this kind of ontology of immanence, what we are describing is not a creature who is transformed and who transforms the world in turn in some miraculous ways, but rather a creature who takes more...
by The New Agora | Oct 10, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Notion Versus Opinion: The Importance of Thinking Rather Than Believing By Gary Z McGee “What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.” ~Bertrand Russell On a...
by The New Agora | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Heyoka As Archetype: Counting Coup on Culture By Gary Z McGee “When gods die, they always die many kinds of death. Away with such a god. Better no god, better to produce destiny on one’s own account, better to be a...
by The New Agora | Oct 4, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com 7 Reasons Why Cops Are a Menace to Society By Gary Z McGee “Freedom is the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear.” ~George Orwell Overreaching, power-hungry, ill-trained, hyperviolent cops are a...
