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Protesilaos Stavrou: Books and Essays

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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