As I have previously mentioned, I have been reading into the philosophy of stoicism, primarily through the works of Seneca, one of the leading proponents of this thought, and the commentary of contemporary philosopher Luc Ferry.  Now I have crossed paths with a new book by Eric Weiner, “The Socrates Express: In Search of Life […]

From the outset, one of the underlying themes of The Texas Pilgrim has been the notion that “ideas have consequences”, and  one of the thinkers who inspired that notion in me is Richard M. Weaver, whose 1948 book of that name has been an invaluable source of the wisdom of that aphorism.  Periodically I like […]