by The New Agora | Apr 4, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
How to Keep the Tyrants of Reason and Realpolitik in Check By Gary Z. McGee “Socrates created a tyrant out of reason.” ~Nietzsche Before Socratic reasoning there was the amoral and Machiavellian realpolitik, which did not...
by 4Freedom | Mar 27, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Power of Self-deprecating Philosophy By Gary Z. McGee “To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.” ~Blaise Pascal A ruthless sense of humor is a sword of truth. It cuts through all things. It even cuts through all...
by 4Freedom | Mar 18, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Shadow Mastery: How To Integrate Suffering By Gary Z. McGee “Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just...
by 4Freedom | Mar 10, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
7 Books That Will Unleash the Hidden Potential of Your Mind By Gary Z. McGee “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” ~George R.R. Martin There it is: your mind –all leashed-up, bored, bookless...
by The New Agora | Mar 3, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
4 Ways to Become More Conscious By Gary Z. McGee “Until they become conscious, they will never rebel; and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” ~George Orwell We would all like to become more aware, more...
by The New Agora | Feb 25, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Stop Pretending You’re Not God By Gary Z. McGee “You are something that the whole universe is doing, in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing.” ~Alan Watts Everything is connected to everything else. You...
by The New Agora | Feb 17, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Why It’s Okay to Be Lost By Gary Z. McGee “You are free, and that is why you are lost.” ~Franz Kafka If you are free, then you will feel lost in a society that is unfree. If you are...
by The New Agora | Feb 6, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Get Out of Your Own Way By Gary Z. McGee “Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.” ~Carl Jung How do...
by The New Agora | Feb 2, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Nobody for President In 2024: A Well-armed Lamb Contesting the Vote by Gary Z. McGee “There is nothing more difficult to execute than to introduce a new order of things; for he who...
