by The New Agora | Jan 24, 2023 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Path of Mettle: from fragility to antifragility “All that exists is the seed of what will emerge from it. You think the only seeds are the ones that make plants or children? Go deeper.” ~Marcus Aurelius Where do we...
by The New Agora | Jan 20, 2023 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Spirituality Vs. Religiosity: The War Between Curiosity and Certainty “Spirituality, when pure, connects us to the Godhead with infinitely more efficacy and grace than does religiosity.” ~Tom Robbins First, let’s...
by The New Agora | Jan 15, 2023 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Why Life Is War and How to Triumph by Gary Z. McGee “War is the father of all.” ~Heraclitus Nothing comes without a fight. All life is a struggle. The muscle must strain to become stronger. A poem must do battle with...
by The New Agora | Jan 11, 2023 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com 5 Signs You May Be a Positive Deviant “To be a philosopher is precisely not to be a person who never deviates from a single doctrine but to have a history of change.” ~Raymond Guess What does it mean to be a positive...
by The New Agora | Dec 30, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Become a Blackbelt in Badassery “Living well does not mean avoiding suffering; it means suffering for the right reasons. Because if we are going to be forced to suffer, we might as well learn how to suffer well.”...
