The corpus is awake
The Library of Arete

A living library you can wander, read, and argue with.

Stoic at its heart, open to the wider tradition. Every primary text here to be read in full.

— Wander the halls —
the corpus murmurs
It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things. — EpictetusYou have power over your mind, not outside events. — Marcus AureliusWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality. — SenecaWaste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one. — Marcus AureliusNo one is free who is not master of themselves. — EpictetusEvery new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. — SenecaIt is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things. — EpictetusYou have power over your mind, not outside events. — Marcus AureliusWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality. — SenecaWaste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one. — Marcus AureliusNo one is free who is not master of themselves. — EpictetusEvery new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. — Seneca