Philosophy for the night
One great mind. Every idea. Read by a real human voice.
Slow enough to fall asleep to. Good enough to stay awake for. Dostoevsky, Marcus Aurelius, Nietzsche, Seneca and more, two to three hours each, read by a person, not a machine.
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“Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”
In 60 seconds
Marcus Aurelius wrote this to himself. A private note, never meant for us.
He was not being grim. He was being practical. There is no later. There is tonight.
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The 30 Passages
One night, one page, from the great writers.
30 passages from Dostoevsky, Marcus Aurelius, Nietzsche, Seneca and Schopenhauer. One a night. Each explained in 60 seconds, with one question to sit with before sleep.
Every passage is from a public-domain translation, copied word for word. The explanations are ours, in plain English.
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One thinker, start to finish
Each video covers one thinker, every idea, in calm parts of ten to fourteen minutes. No music under the voice. No sound effects. The picture is real art from the thinker’s own time.
The first lecture is on its way.
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For the evenings
A shadow work evening book
Thirty nights. Each one opens with a passage from a great writer, then a plain explanation and three questions. Ten quiet minutes before sleep, for the old regrets that come back at night.
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The books we read from
Every text we read is in the public domain. Here are the editions, free to read online, and where to find a copy you can hold.