Perennial Meditations

St. Thomas Aquinas: "The Things We Love" | Perennial Meditations

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Dostoevsky: "Beauty Will Save the World" | Perennial Meditations

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St. Teresa of Ávila on the Interior Castle | Perennial Meditations

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Montaigne on the Human Condition | Perennial Meditations

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Confucius on Two Kinds of Lost | Perennial Meditations

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St. Francis and the open hand | Perennial Meditations

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Plato on Conquering Oneself | Perennial Meditations

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Socrates on the Examined Life | Perennial Meditations

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Heraclitus on the Only Constant | Perennial Meditations

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Ep. 260: Monastic Wisdom for the Rhythms of Life | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 259: How to Quit - A Philosophical Guide | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 258: Stop Fixing Yourself. Try This Instead. | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 257: A Meditation on the "Present" of Christmas | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 256: Sinner and Saint - The Paradox of Human Development | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 255: The Saint's Guide to Happiness | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 254: How to Be Bored - An Ancient Guide to Being Where You Are | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 253: The Art of Thinking - From Socrates to St. Augustine | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 252: The Surprising Wisdom of Schopenhauer's Pessimism | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 251: Kierkegaard on the courage to choose | Perennial Wisdom

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Ep. 250: Dostoevsky - Freedom, Suffering, and Love

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