Socratic State of Mind

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Remember and Be Human Again
Escaping the blurry sea of now
May 5 • Andrew Perlot

April 2026

Gaslighting Yourself to the Good Life
Trick yourself and see
Apr 29 • Andrew Perlot
Why All Roads Lead to Porn and Pyramid Schemes
They're training you
Apr 23 • Andrew Perlot
Is Virtue Really Enough for a Great Life?
Cicero tackles what enough looks like
Apr 20 • Andrew Perlot
How Cicero Tamed Himself
Quieting anger, FOMO, and other negative emotions with reason
Apr 16 • Andrew Perlot
The Three Beliefs Filling Our Lives With Misery
Modern ideologies might hurt us, even if they're true
Apr 14 • Andrew Perlot
Can Wisdom Protect Us From Sorrow?
The limits of a good argument
Apr 11 • Andrew Perlot
Is It Cringe That Cicero Prescribes Virtue For Your Pain?
What if your ideology brings on more suffering?
Apr 6 • Andrew Perlot
Don't Fancy Dying? Cicero Has Ideas
Getting ok with nonexistence.
Apr 2 • Andrew Perlot

March 2026

The Skeptical Patron Saint We Need
Why Cicero is worth our time
Mar 31 • Andrew Perlot
We're Doing a Read-Along of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations!
Read along with us and join the discussion
Mar 29 • Andrew Perlot
Life Can Be Hard, but This Will Still Be True.
What is destined, and what we're to do about it.
Mar 26 • Andrew Perlot
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