Protesilaos Stavrou: Books and Essays
Philosophy: the courage to be yourself
Philosophy: my ‘alla prima’ method of creativity
Philosophy: Hestia, community, and spirituality
The last party
A night at the harbour bar
Amber’s hope
Philosophy: integrity, consistency, responsibility (comments on Confucius #2)
Philosophy: the three fates (choice, chance, inevitability)
Philosophy: social media and the human connection
Philosophy: why are Greek gods naked? (and mountain tour)
Philosophy: seeking pleasures (plus summer mountain tour)
Philosophy: Orpheus and Eurydice (love, faith, and non-ownership)
Action, credibility, and restraint (comments on Confucius)
Achilles, masculinity, and diversity
The slow-paced experience (and mountain tour)
Philosophy: efficiency and basic powers
Comments on Dao #5 (self-loathing and contentment)
Letting go (myth of Sisyphos)
Diversity and the myth of Procrustes
Life lessons from the hut
Oracles and Artificial Intelligence
The golden fleece and impossible standards
Comments on Dao #4 (noetic presences; the living universe)
Escapism at the bar
Comments on Dao #3 (governance by sages)
Comments on Dao #2 (on moderation and the Delphic maxims)
Comments on Dao #1 (Cosmos, Logos, Tropos)
Productivity, honesty, and accountability structures
Comfort zone and impostor feelings (in the snow)
On hedonism and presence
Yin-Yang, Dao, and “dragons”
On dignity
On the meaning and purpose of life
About “sorry for being a burden”
On discipline and self-restraint
On forgiveness and hubris
On self-improvement
Loss, entitlement, and presence
Showing off, demonstration, and overthinking (feat Chantara Waterfall)
Practicality, honesty, and patience
Video games, individuality, and tolerance
On self-importance and elitism
On meditation, walking, and acceptance
Being breakable and taking it slow
The fully fledged human being
The fast-paced life and magical solutions
Allegory of the large dog
Harmony, tranquillity, non-ownership
On thinking, living, acting
False binaries and the continuum
Perfectionism, insecurity, and improvisation
The private and the political
No land for you
The presumptive idol of you
On insecurity, confidence, and aloofness
Who can be a philosopher
On learning and being present
On selfhood
Expectations, rules, and role-playing
Conventions, relativism, and cosmopolitanism
Ataraxia, moderation, and mysticism
Cosmos, Logos, and the living universe
Notes on the constitution of the case
Why it is not yours
Why you should not worry
Why it is not only your fault
Why I learnt to let go
Why you are not important
Why it is not just about you
On walking (away)
Comments on Epictetus’ “Enchiridion”
Why you can’t upset me
Why I won’t compete with you
Why I won’t date you
Why I won’t join your club
Why I never call you
On Discipline
Notes on Science and Scientism
On role and actuality
On non-Being and the prime mover
On individuality and partiality
On materiality and emergence
The Dialectician’s Ethos
On the nature-convention divide
Fables on Systems
Notes on Rules
On nihilism, scepticism, absolutism
On Nihilism
On Hubris
Prot’s Dots For Debian
Notes on simplicity
Notes on object and environment properties
Ecosystem: definitions and problems
Scepticism as a type of certitude
On Human Self Worth