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Comparative Philosophies

I'll stand behind my paraphrasing: I think it's fairly accurate.

Surely, each point deserves its own book, but, in a few words, I think this provides a fair comparison.

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October 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM

That is a great chart Eikadistes! I made a list of your "What should I do" column:

Pythagorean - live harmoniously by studying math
Socratic - live conscientiously by examination
Atomist - live cheerfully despite your fate
Cynic - live honestly, simply, and shamelessly
Cyreniac - live in the moment by indulging pleasure
Academic - recall the universal idea of the Good
Paripatetic - live excellently by the Golden Mean
Skeptic - live tranquilly by suspending judgment
Epicurean - live pleasantly by cultivating friendship
Stoic - live virtuously by observing reason
Christian - live righteously by loving God
September 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM

I agree with Bryan. I am fighting a power outage and haven't had time to read through this in detail but I love the format and what I see so far looks great! I wonder what the best way we might find to link to this so that it is most viewable(?) No doubt on a small screen zooming in and out will be required, but on a larger screen maybe we can provide a link that immediately goes to a full page view. Anyway can figure out that later. Lots of hard work went into this one for sure so thanks for sharing!
September 28, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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I actually made seven, individual, square panels that show each of (x5) philosophies at a time for viewability. I didn't necessarily want to throw all seven up in the gallery, but that might be best?

(I threw them up in the gallery, just in case)

Also! How was the storm? The East Coast of FL was spared almost entirely.
September 29, 2024 at 4:11 PM

Eikadistes. Unfortunately still without power as of Sunday night! Glad you are ok!
September 27, 2024 at 10:45 PM

Wow! This is wonderfully done! It is simple and clear -- but has very many fundamental details. THANK YOU for sharing this and your other recent productions!

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