"you built me palaces out of paragraphs, you built cathedrals" -Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton. Some say that Pliny the Elder, an ancient...

The price of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Mostly opinion, to be honest.) The last decade has been one of extraordinary...

*a dramatization of an actual conversation* "You may have noticed that you were speaking really fast. Try taking a deep breath." "Oh....

“To be, or not to be. That is the question.” These words are present all throughout western culture. I don’t remember when I first heard...

From Marcus Aurelius' book, the Meditations, there is a passage that I have revisited often. It caught me by surprise, and it struck me...

*OPINION PIECE* Definition of democracy 1a: government by the people especially : rule of the majority From the greek: dēmokratía, demos...

A short reflection on the historical and political context of The death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David. The first time I saw The...

"The school of Athens", by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino ( commonly known as Raphael ), is a fresco that resides in the Apostolic Palace at...

Stoicism "Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will,...

Apollo and Dionysus were children of Zeus. Apollo was the god of the sun, replacing Helios ( the other major sun god ) in popularity. He...

"Art is art" "That doesn't make sense" My friend laughed. "Ok, any action that is you expressing yourself is art" "what?" "yeah, art is...

* WORK IN PROGRESS* A reflection on A Brave New World . So far in my life, Brave New World has been the book that has impacted me the...

Theseus's paradox deals with Theseus's ship. According to the story, the athenians preserved Theseus's ship after he came back from...