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A Good Life according to the ancient philosophers
Turn back time by over two thousand years and travel to the lands of Greece and you will find various competing schools vying for your custom. The…
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Matt Phillpott
Seeking the Good Life in a time of ecological decline
Humans have been seeking the good life since ancient times. On some intrinsic level that has always been our goal: how to live the best life that we…
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Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
Evidence of climate change
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Matt Phillpott
February 2023
Defining Climate Change
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them…
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Can you teach yourself to be a more positive person?
Aristotle, Fredrickson, and Valenzuela’s arguments about a good life
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My Path to Seeking the Good Life - Part 2
Why does the idea of a good life matter? In part 2 of this essay, I explain where I am coming from when writing Seeking the Good Life, with some…
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Matt Phillpott
My Path to Seeking the Good Life - Part 1
Why does the idea of a good life matter? In this essay I explain where I am coming from when writing Seeking the Good Life, with some thoughts about my…
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Matt Phillpott
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