William C. Spears

Category: philosophy

  • The Greg Sadler Review

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    Just like I don’t write a separate post for every interview I do on the book tour, I also don’t do one every time someone reviews my book. On the other hand, Dr. Sadler is different in that a) he’s a professional expert on my topic and b) he did both. Dr. Gregory Sadler, PhD…

  • The Philosopher’s Compass interview

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    I don’t typically write separate posts for podcast appearances. The book-promotion circuit involves a lot of thoughtful conversations with generous hosts, and if I tried to recap every one of them, this blog would become a running media log. But this conversation merits a specific callout. I had the privilege of joining Meredith Alexander Kunz…

  • Video: The Stoic Knife

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    For anyone wondering why there’s a giant knife on the cover of my book: At 17 minutes, it’s pretty short, but this presentation I recently did for the Modern Stoicism organization pretty much covers it.

  • Be Like the Purple Thread

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    Epictetus, Discourses 1.2: …that’s why, when Florus was considering whether he should attend Nero’s show to perform some part in it himself, Agrippinus said to him, “Go!” And when Florus asked him, “then why aren’t you going yourself?” he replied, “Because I’ve never even considered it. For as soon as anyone begins to consider such…