Passionately Stoic

How to Know If You’re Passionately Stoic

I know when someone is passionately stoic because they are a lot like me. But since you don't know me, that answer won't do you much good. So maybe some ...

Some Tenets of Passionate Stoicism

The ends need not justify the means as the means are a end in themselves.Even without tangible results the pursuit of excellence is always and excellent pursuit.You are likely to ...

March 9, 2021

How to Know If You’re Passionately Stoic

I know when someone is passionately stoic because they are a lot like me. But since you don’t know me, that answer won’t do you much good. So maybe some what follows will help. Using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator terminology, I believe most of us are xNTx. We take in information using Intuition in preference to Senses and make decisions using […]

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March 7, 2021

Some Tenets of Passionate Stoicism

The ends need not justify the means as the means are a end in themselves. Even without tangible results the pursuit of excellence is always and excellent pursuit. You are likely to find yourself while seeking to advance a lost cause. Impossible goals promote extraordinary efforts and improbable results. Hope for the best. Plan for the worst. Expect to be […]

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March 7, 2021

What is an Anentropist?

In 1865 Rudolph Clausius gave a name to a process that had long been at work in the universe. He called it entropy using the Greeks words “ἐν” (meaning “in”) and “τροπή” (meaning “turning” or “change”). The paper he wrote on the subject essentially defined what are now considered the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics. First Law: The energy […]

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March 7, 2021

Stellaris

Stellaris is a 4X game from Paradox. For the uninitiated 4X is shorthand for grand-strategy games where the player eXplores, eXpands, eXploits, and eXterminates in the game “world.” The term was invented by Alan Emrich for the game Master of Orion in a 1993 review in Computer Gaming World magazine. Master of Orion and Stellaris has a science fiction settings […]

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