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Now Greif does not grieve as much as I about the warning sign he nailed onto the hedonist storeroom of memories that live rent-free in my mind. He insists this habit of happiness-by-experience results in “a life of permanent dissatisfaction and a compulsion to frenetic activity.” 

Posted byMorzanoOctober 27, 2021November 14, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:aesthetic, ideology, Mark Greif, Philosophy

Pythagoras and Hepatia

Pythagoras vs. beans and Hepatia vs oyster shells.

Posted byMorzanoOctober 11, 2020November 14, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Charles Mitchell, fun facts, Greek, Hepatia, oyster shells, Philosophy, Pythagoras, Pythagoras of Samos, quotes

All of Life is Practice

All of life is practice.

Posted byMorzanoAugust 31, 2019August 31, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags:inspiration, life, packing, Philosophy, writing, years

Optimism is a political act.

Perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better.

Posted byMorzanoJune 6, 2019January 12, 2022Posted inQuoteTags:advice, optimism, Philosophy, Quote, The Bright Green City

Once you strip away the platitudes, a life of passion and purpose will always cost, as T.S. Eliot reminds us, ‘Not less than everything.’”

Posted byMorzanoJune 1, 2019January 5, 2021Posted inQuoteTags:everything, hack biology, identity, life, living, meaning, passion, Philosophy, purpose, Quote, re-invent, research, study, T.S. Eliot, TS Eliot

Alan watts on the length of life

A long life spent in a miserable way.

Posted byMorzanoMay 28, 2019January 12, 2022Posted inQuoteTags:advice, Alan Watts, life, living, Philosophy, Quote, self help, self-help

3 Minutes with Michel de Montaigne

It’s within your capacity to ask yourself what you think and what you know.

Posted byMorzanoMarch 8, 2019May 11, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:16th century, featured, Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher, Philosophy, Writers

A Quick and Dirty Snapshot of Marcel Proust

Writer, poseur, mama’s boy, and tips on how to woo him.

Posted byMorzanoFebruary 13, 2019May 11, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Characters, featured, Marcel, Philosopher, Philosophy, Proust, Writers

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