Figs in Winter is creating essays and podcasts on Stoicism & other practical philosophizing
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Massimo Pigliucci, the creator of Figs in Winter, is a philosopher who subscribes to the radical notion that his profession ought to make us better human beings, not merely more learned ones.
(The title of the site, "Figs in Winter," comes from a quote by Epictetus, in Discourses III.24.86, where he says that we should enjoy things in life when we have them, because to hope for them once they are gone is as foolish as to pretend figs in winter.)
(The title of the site, "Figs in Winter," comes from a quote by Epictetus, in Discourses III.24.86, where he says that we should enjoy things in life when we have them, because to hope for them once they are gone is as foolish as to pretend figs in winter.)
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Massimo Pigliucci, the creator of Figs in Winter, is a philosopher who subscribes to the radical notion that his profession ought to make us better human beings, not merely more learned ones.
(The title of the site, "Figs in Winter," comes from a quote by Epictetus, in Discourses III.24.86, where he says that we should enjoy things in life when we have them, because to hope for them once they are gone is as foolish as to pretend figs in winter.)
(The title of the site, "Figs in Winter," comes from a quote by Epictetus, in Discourses III.24.86, where he says that we should enjoy things in life when we have them, because to hope for them once they are gone is as foolish as to pretend figs in winter.)
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Porcians
$3 or more per month
get the weekly meditation, access to the Community page, plus early access to new essays
Aurelians
$5 or more per month
get the weekly meditation and access to the Community page, plus early access to new essays, plus access to booklets on Stoicism, plus searchable index of all published posts