A while back, I stopped at a gas station in Luxembourg where owners of BMWs, Audis, and Mercedes go to fill up on slightly cheaper fuel. There was a street musician there playing the accordion. He was playing “Bella Ciao.” Central European street musicians…
Italian actor Totò is quoted as saying, "With money, you can meet the people you want to meet. Without money, you meet the people who love you." This statement is not entirely wrong. In the everyday life of ordinary people, lasting and...
image text: Someone has tidied up the hay. Now it looks good. Leftists are practically forced to believe that everyday life is bad. The whole movement would no longer have a raison d'être (reason for existence) if everyday life...
When it comes to wines and wine hobby, it's always about price first. If you put a thick enough bag of notes on the table, you can get any wine you want. It's always about value for money and the fact that a good wine connoisseur buys...
The idea of a "deep fear of death" is a typical exaggeration and a typical extreme view. Of course, there is no empirical research to support this claim, and it is a bad mistake to try to force one's own world view to fit such a claim. It...
"There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is. It is the sadness of understanding that life is not...
What is Urban Stoicism? One way to approach Stoicism is to examine its differences from classical Stoicism. Let’s mention ten characteristics here; the rest of the differences will gradually become apparent in various practical contexts. No peace of mind. urban stoic
Soccer and organization. Soccer is all about organizing the ball. The main problem for players and teams is that if their organization is good, the opponent will do everything in their power to disrupt it. Another major problem is that,…
Ancient Rome and Liberalism. It is quite remarkable that, when it comes to Ancient Rome, for the past two millennia, historians of ideas, historians, economists, and theologians have been interested almost exclusively in the question of why Ancient Rome fell.…
Ten Benefits of Classical Stoicism. Classical Stoicism has many benefits, but here we have selected ten that remain entirely relevant, especially from a modern perspective.