Articles about fiction and non-fiction books and how they can help us live a better life.
What causes all unhappiness in our lives, and is there a way to overcome it? To answer this question, two and a half millennia ago, a young man named Siddhattha Gotama left his parents’ palace to become a wandering ascetic. After six years of extreme austerities and meditation, he attained enlightenment and expounded his famous … Read more
“We should choose for our friends men [and women] who are, as far as possible, free from strong desires,” Seneca wrote while contemplating friendship, “for vices are contagious, and pass from a man to his neighbor, and injure those who touch them.” Thinking about this timeless advice made me wonder about the opposite side of … Read more
In this guide, you’ll learn how to search Internet Archive for public domain books. 1. Go to Internet Archive Search 2. In the search field enter the following text and click “Go” licenseurl:*publicdomain* AND Ernest Hemingway The “AND” tells the search engine all the items returned should have that license AND they should contain the … Read more
“By doing just things we become just; moderate things, moderate; and courageous things, courageous,” Aristotle wrote in his meditation on virtues as habits. Revisiting this timeless advice reminded me of an interview Mortimer J. Adler (December 28, 1902–June 28, 2001) gave to Bill Moyers about his groundbreaking book Aristotle for Everybody. As the two sat … Read more