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2026 22

  1. Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics: criticism, happiness, good-spirit-ness
  2. Aristotle Nichomachean Ethics: on goals, institutions, sin of exaggeration
  3. Emacs: doric-themes version 1.4.0 (codelog)
  4. Healthier lifestyle with Amin Bandali (commentary)
  5. On the importance of minimalism (commentary)
  6. Game: Breath of Fire IV (games)
  7. About public writing (commentary)
  8. Comment on violent protests (politics)
  9. Reading ‘Letter in a bottle’ short story I wrote
  10. Letter in a bottle
  11. L'adaptabilité et l'optimisation (french)
  12. Comments on Dao, pattern, and the simple life
  13. Reading ‘The blue room’ short story I wrote
  14. The blue room
  15. About idols
  16. On the absolute other
  17. Reading my ‘The mask of Phantes’ story
  18. The mask of Phantes
  19. Philosophy: Hades, introspection, wealth, misery, and resurrection
  20. Philosophy: violence, safe spaces, and inevitability
  21. Philosophy: about the God of war, anger, and nuance
  22. Philosophy: about a person’s behaviour and outlook

2025 8

  1. Argie the white wolf who could not become a sheep
  2. Philosophy: first you walk, then you think for yourself
  3. Philosophy: is it “my body; my rules”?
  4. The invisible man
  5. Philosophy: even the gods are convinced by necessity
  6. Philosophy: “Prot, you are so smart; you should be doing stuff!”
  7. On the Stoic harmony with nature
  8. Philosophy: the courage to be yourself

2024 15

  1. Philosophy: my ‘alla prima’ method of creativity
  2. Philosophy: Hestia, community, and spirituality
  3. The last party
  4. A night at the harbour bar
  5. Amber’s hope
  6. Philosophy: integrity, consistency, responsibility (comments on Confucius #2)
  7. Philosophy: the three fates (choice, chance, inevitability)
  8. Philosophy: social media and the human connection
  9. Philosophy: why are Greek gods naked? (and mountain tour)
  10. Philosophy: seeking pleasures (plus summer mountain tour)
  11. Philosophy: Orpheus and Eurydice (love, faith, and non-ownership)
  12. Action, credibility, and restraint (comments on Confucius)
  13. Achilles, masculinity, and diversity
  14. The slow-paced experience (and mountain tour)
  15. Philosophy: efficiency and basic powers

2023 14

  1. Comments on Dao #5 (self-loathing and contentment)
  2. Letting go (myth of Sisyphos)
  3. Diversity and the myth of Procrustes
  4. Life lessons from the hut
  5. Oracles and Artificial Intelligence
  6. The golden fleece and impossible standards
  7. Comments on Dao #4 (noetic presences; the living universe)
  8. Escapism at the bar
  9. Comments on Dao #3 (governance by sages)
  10. Comments on Dao #2 (on moderation and the Delphic maxims)
  11. Comments on Dao #1 (Cosmos, Logos, Tropos)
  12. Productivity, honesty, and accountability structures
  13. Comfort zone and impostor feelings (in the snow)
  14. On hedonism and presence

2022 34

  1. Yin-Yang, Dao, and “dragons”
  2. On dignity
  3. On the meaning and purpose of life
  4. About “sorry for being a burden”
  5. On discipline and self-restraint
  6. On forgiveness and hubris
  7. On self-improvement
  8. Loss, entitlement, and presence
  9. Showing off, demonstration, and overthinking (feat Chantara Waterfall)
  10. Practicality, honesty, and patience
  11. Video games, individuality, and tolerance
  12. On self-importance and elitism
  13. On meditation, walking, and acceptance
  14. Being breakable and taking it slow
  15. The fully fledged human being
  16. The fast-paced life and magical solutions
  17. Allegory of the large dog
  18. Harmony, tranquillity, non-ownership
  19. On thinking, living, acting
  20. False binaries and the continuum
  21. Perfectionism, insecurity, and improvisation
  22. The private and the political
  23. No land for you
  24. The presumptive idol of you
  25. On insecurity, confidence, and aloofness
  26. Who can be a philosopher
  27. On learning and being present
  28. On selfhood
  29. Expectations, rules, and role-playing
  30. Conventions, relativism, and cosmopolitanism
  31. Ataraxia, moderation, and mysticism
  32. Cosmos, Logos, and the living universe
  33. Notes on the constitution of the case
  34. Why it is not yours

2021 17

  1. Why you should not worry
  2. Why it is not only your fault
  3. Why I learnt to let go
  4. Why you are not important
  5. Why it is not just about you
  6. On walking (away)
  7. Comments on Epictetus’ “Enchiridion”
  8. Why you can’t upset me
  9. Why I won’t compete with you
  10. Why I won’t date you
  11. Why I won’t join your club
  12. Why I never call you
  13. On Discipline
  14. Notes on Science and Scientism
  15. On role and actuality
  16. On non-Being and the prime mover
  17. On individuality and partiality

2020 6

  1. On materiality and emergence
  2. The Dialectician’s Ethos
  3. On the nature-convention divide
  4. Fables on Systems [book]
  5. Notes on Rules [book]
  6. On nihilism, scepticism, absolutism

2019 5

  1. On Nihilism
  2. On Hubris [book]
  3. Prot's Dots For Debian [book]
  4. Notes on simplicity
  5. Notes on object and environment properties

2018 4

  1. Ecosystem: definitions and problems
  2. Scepticism as a type of certitude
  3. On Human Self Worth [book]
  4. Structured Text on Sovereignty, Nationhood, Statehood [book]

2017 3

  1. Prolegomena to a study of Metaethics
  2. Notes on the modes of Scepticism
  3. Dialogues on EU politics [book]

2016 2

  1. Essays on Sovereignty [book]
  2. Little Guide to the European Union [book]

2015 1

  1. A Handbook on the European Union [book]

2013 1

  1. Notes on the Thinkable