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Donald J. Robertson
Personal blog · donaldrobertson.namephilosophyhealth
Donald J. Robertson's personal blog at donaldrobertson.name covers philosophy and health. Since 2017, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN commenters link Robertson's blog for posts on Stoicism and Epicurean philosophy, such as ataraxia and an anecdote about Agrippinus. The comments cite the posts without judging how well they are written.
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Donald J. Robertson is an author and cognitive-behavioural therapist writing about Stoicism, Socrates, philosophy, psychology, and self-improvement.
What Hacker News says?
Here some great contemporary introductions to Stoicism: 1. William B. Irvine, "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy", https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195... This is an introduction to Stoic thought as it applies today by a professor in philosophy, very clearly written. Great for first exposure. It (sensibly) skips some of the more arcane stuff, such as Stoic metaphysics (hi…
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on “How to Be a Stoic”Submitted Jon Meacham on the “Optimistic Stoicism” of Marcus Aurelius as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttps://lobste.rs/s/5hjq6v/unbearable_slowness_being_why_do_... Revised weights for lobste.rs! And herein is one clue of many to resolve, as a microcosmic start , the nerd-jock dichotomy in academia (thank you for "the ressentiment of ions"!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ressentiment#Girard Placeholder for subsequent vibes around "ataraxia", aka Epicurean Mechanics: https://donaldrobertson.name/2016/05/20/cicero-on…
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on “The Rise of Post-Literate History”Submitted Stoic Therapy Toolkit [pdf] – Describing my daily routine of Stoic practices as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFor this reason, when Florus was deliberating whether he should go down to Nero's spectacles and also perform in them himself, Agrippinus said to him, "Go down": and when Florus asked Agrippinus, "Why do not you go down?" Agrippinus replied, "Because I do not even deliberate about the matter." https://donaldrobertson.name/2016/07/01/paconius-agrippinus/
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on “Ask HN: Would you work for an EVIL company if it tripled your salary?”Submitted Stoicism and Nassim Taleb's Antifragile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Stoicism of Michael Cohen? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do you believe Michael Cohen is turning into a Stoic? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stoicism in Nassim Taleb's Antifragile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Live with Chronic Pain Without Becoming One as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted This is how I meditate on Stoicism as a story · 1 points
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