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Spinoza’s Philosophical Psychotherapy

Article exploring the psychotherapeutic dimension of Spinoza's philosophy in relation to modern cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

News: Online Course on Stoicism

Update about the forthcoming e-learning course on Stoic practice.

Stoic Week: What did we learn?

Summary of Tim LeBon's report on the statistical data compiled from participants in Stoic Week 2013.

Stoic Week REDUX

Miss your chance to take part in Stoic Week 2013. We're asking people to work their way through the seven-day Handbook and take part in an online forum, sharing their experiences with other people doing the same thing.

NEWS: Launching modernstoicism.com

Launching our new Modern Stoicism e-learning site. Please join the development forum if you're interested in Stoicism and help us to design the forthcoming online course in Stoic practice.

Contemplation of Death: Sample Chapter from Teach Yourself Stoicism (2013)

Sample chapter on the Contemplation of Death from Teach Yourself Stoicism (2013).

New Video: Stoicism for Everyday Life

New video on Stoicism in everyday life.

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 94,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see […]

Lorem Ipsum and the Meaning of Life

Is the meaning of life concealed in the garbage of the lorem ipsum placeholder text used in graphic design? Scholars have identified that the mangled Latin used as filler for designing text layout is based on a passage from Cicero's philosophical treatise De Finibus. It contains a discussion of the Epicurean doctrine about the purpose of human life, but does it say anything important?

Review: CBT for Work (2012) by Gill Garratt

Review of Gill Garratt's CBT for Work: A Practical Guide (2012)