A few of the many pictures that were taken at the America at 250: Stoic Virtue and the Future of the American Experiment conference this weekend. Had a great time, with excellent conversations with participants, interesting talks by the other speakers! My own talk went well

Here's the next core concept video on Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae IIaIIae, question 23, examining whether charity is the most excellent of the virtues, or whether one of the other theological virtues is. Turns out, it's charity youtu.be/-S8vt5swU3E

Over the busy weekend, I released the recording for week 10 of our Ancient Virtue Ethics: Three Main Traditions online course, with a summary and three discussion prompts. The topic this time was Stoic virtue ethics in book 1 of Cicero's On Duties gregorybsadler.substack.com/…

The first international Stoicon I attended, 10 years ago, I led a workshop on Stoicism and anger. Got a pretty decent videorecording of it as well, which you can watch here if you'd like - youtu.be/YoVXyj0Mb6w

Here's the first of a set of new Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Ninon de l'Enclos' letters to the marquis de Sévigné. This one looks at what she proposes to provide him: a frank education about the passion and practice of love soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

That's funny. One of my grandfathers (my mom's dad) served in the 95th Infantry. The other (my dad's) was considered too old to draft and worked in a munitions plant during WWII.

Here's the next core concept video on Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, IIaIIae question 23, looking at article 5, and arguing for the unity of the virtue of charity youtu.be/mTz8_En39E8

I’m back home from speaking at a genuinely outstanding conference yesterday. Really great discussions, conversations, organization , and fellowship. Waking up in our own bed, having morning conversations and coffee with Andi, and a beautiful view is the perfect weekend finish

Continuing on with the core concept videos on Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae IIaIIae question 23, here's the next one, looking at article 4: whether charity is a special virtue youtu.be/Qcrq_xnpZF4

I try to produce at least one "bonus discussion" each week, responding to a question or confusion raised by a student in my Ancient Virtue Ethics: Three Main Traditions online class. Here's one on the relationship between virtue(s) and happiness gregorybsadler.substack.com/…

Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode focused on Albert Camus' short essay "The Enigma", in which he provides some needed discussion of what his attitude towards the absurd, despair, nihilism, and the lack of meaning actually is soundcloud.com/gregorybsadle…

Good news is that I got recombobulated an hour ago. Bad news is that my flight has now been delayed three times. Will board in about 2 hours. Good news is that I’ve got some work I can get caught up on in the meantime

It's been sometime since I updated this resource page providing links to all the Sadler's Lectures podcast playlists. Added some on Plato, Musonius, Plutarch, Turing, Nagel, Searle, Lem, MacIntyre, and Parfit. There are now over 1700 episodes available! gregorybsadler.substack.com/…

Here's my latest Sadler's Honest Book Review video, this one looking at Sven Nyholm's The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction youtu.be/-Yngs1Px9-c

Stoic Week is coming up soon! It begins this Monday and runs through the following Sunday. Here's where you can register for the free online course, with daily readings, exercises, videos, audiorecordings, and discussion forums! learn.modernstoicism.com/p/s…

Here's the latest episode of the Stoic Heart podcast. This time around, Andi and I did something a bit different, perhaps even a bit comedic. We looked at some imaginary "Stoic product pitches" and discussed whether they were good ideas or not stoicheart.substack.com/p/ep…

Water is so still on the river that it’s a perfect mirror this morning.

Here's the next core concept video on Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae IIaIIae, question 23, looking at whether or not charity is a virtue youtu.be/HUn7o1TI2x0

If you’re interested in getting a say about which of the subordinate virtues of courage we’ll discuss in its applications to relationships over in the Stoic Heart, chime in on this chat! open.substack.com/chat/posts…