Tag Archives: Marcus Aurelius

Sliding Toward Infinity

Posted on April 26, 2019 by N.S. Palmer

When you’re a kid, you look forward to your birthdays. When you’re on the wrong side of 40, not so much. But here we are again. As the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius said, our lives are circumscribed in space, and … Continue reading →

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Who Is Your Enemy?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by N.S. Palmer

Who is your enemy? One of my friends said that she must have done something right this year, because she had acquired more enemies. Winston Churchill, who was Britain’s prime minister during World War II, would have agreed: “You have enemies? … Continue reading →