This portion of the webpage will be dedicated towards articles I find interesting. I'll leave a brief description, and I encourage you to take a quick look through.


Focus as an Antidote for Wanting to Do Everything

https://zenhabits.net/focus-antidote/

This is just an interesting article I found that I think is worth a read. I also like the style of the website and want to incorporate a similar home bar feature on my next webpage.

Stockdale on Stoicism I: The Stoic Warrior's Triad

https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf

Stockdale on Stoicism II: Master of My Fate

https://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/Stoicism2.pdf

Having been a prisoner of war in Vietnam for eight years, James Stockdale drew upon Stoicism, an ancient Greek philosophy, to help him through his struggles. This is a two-part series which I strongly recommend. The text references 'Epictetus' Discourses', with many lessons drawn from 'The Enchiridion.' I find it really interesting that a POW can apply philosophies from over 2000 years ago to help him in his struggles. Having read a lot about Greek and Roman history, I think this is a great modern piece of applied Greek/Roman philosophy. The United States is based on Greece and Rome, after all.

Cato the Younger: By Plutarch

https://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/cato_you.html

This article is a summary of Cato the Younger, a Roman Senator who lived and died for the Roman Republic. Having been a prominent objector to Julius Caesar, he fought to protect the Roman Republic under the threat of tyranny. Although his story doesn't end well (the Republic is destroyed), his story is a testament to the honesty and bravery of those committed to the wellbeing of Rome. Cato the Younger was admired by many of our country's founders (such as George Washington), which I find interesting.