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What is a Good Life?
A happy life is not something out there in the future. It’s not something you make, even.
Gatsby: Grasping for Transcendence
Gatsby’s character yearns for the infinite; he sparkles with something unusual in the midst of the lavish wealth and chaotic parties of Long Island’s frivolities. Gatsby has “one of those…
Why We Camp… And Why We Don’t
As evening arrives, you put on warmer clothes and make a campfire, arguing over which is the best design method, the teepee or the log cabin. Once it gets going,…
Fleeing the Ephemeral and Pursuing the Eternal: A Review of Love What Lasts
But if our souls are eternal, why do we not then spend more time with things that habituate us to eternity? If our days are short, and the “days are…
The Advantages of Dying Young
The listlessness of modern death is that you might not even get a chance to show courage before you forget who you are.