A weekly newsletter that applies Stoic and other ancient philosophy to modern ethical dilemmas, using figures like Cato the Younger as case studies. Readers get short essays that connect historical texts to everyday questions about integrity, compromise and work.
Website: https://ancient-wisdom.net
Astral Codex Ten publishes long-form essays on AI safety, rationality, politics, science and culture, alongside reader book reviews and weekly open threads. Readers get argumentative, carefully reasoned writing plus community news such as meetups, surveys and grant-related projects.
Essays by Henrik Karlsson on relationships, thinking and agency, written from a Baltic island and often with his wife. Issues mix personal anecdote with careful philosophical inquiry, such as why music alters our perception, and frank reflection on creative blockage.
A newsletter of short meditations on mortality, attention and living deliberately, drawing on Stoic and other philosophical and religious writers such as Seneca, Epictetus, Simone Weil and Marcus Aurelius. It includes book chapters, a weekly Seneca letter series with practices, and podcast versions, with some content for members only.
Poems, short essays and reflections from poet David Whyte, often prefaced by notes on how each piece came to be written. Issues also include announcements for his live events and material from his Three Sundays Series.
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