Cato

What does it mean to be a virtuous citizen in a republic? America’s founding father’s were designing a system of government in reaction to the English Monarchy. They studied political theorists from Aristotle to Locke. And it was the history of the Roman...

Peripatetic

Peripatetic often refers to the act of wandering, walking, and meandering where you think deeply. It is also the name of Aristotle’s school of philosophy. He’s typically associated with teachings while walking. Aristotle was an inductive philosopher, so it...

Lean In

When things get hard and start to fall apart you have two choices: lean in or quit. Quitting feels easy. You can give up, remove yourself from the situation, and find something else to work on. But if you run away you won’t learn or grow from the experience. But...

Deep Reading

“Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has...