[4] Contentment and the Meaning of Life (66 posts divided as follows)
Introduction (6 posts 3/28/22 – 4/8/22)
Wisdom of the East (12 posts 4/11/22- 5/6/22
Ancient Western Thinkers (12 posts 5/9/22- 6/3/22)
Later Western Thinkers (6 posts 6/17/22 – 6/29/22)
Psychology (13 posts 7/4/22-7/20/22 and 8/1/22-8/8/22)
Silence. Solitude, & Asceticism (9 posts 8/10/22 -8/29/22)
Horace (2 posts 9.7/22 and 9/9/22)
Summary and Synthesis (8 posts 9/12/22 – 9/28/22)
[5] Ultimate Reality and the Meaning of Life (begun 10/7 with 4 introductory posts so far)
Along the way, I stopped to blog on some of my current reading:
[1] Fake News (12/12 and 12/14/19),
[2] The Philosopher’s Magazine (1/11/19),
[3] Before the Big Bang (2/27 and 3/1/19),
[4] We Are Not Alone (3/29 and 4/1/19),
[5] Is Life Worth Living? (5/8 and 5/10/19),
[6] God and Physics (7/8 and 7/10/19),
[7] Revolutionary Deism (7/12 and 7/14/19),
[8] Does God Exist? (10/28 and 10/30/19),
[9] African Philosophy (2/3/20, 2/5/20, and 2/7/20),
[10] Finding Wisdom (5/12/20 and 5/15/20),
[11] Who is a meaning of life for? (8/31/20),
[12] Happiness and Meaning – Susan Wolf (10/30/20 and 11/2/20)
[13] On the Meaning of Life – Will Durant (1/13/21, 1/15/21, and 1/18/21),
[14] 1984 by George Orwell (5/21/21 and 5/24/21).
[15] Ultimate Questions by Bryan Magee (5 posts 9/24/21-10/6/21).
[16] Fallen Leaves by Will Durant (5 posts 12/31/21-1/10/22)
[17] On Death by Milton Mayer (5 posts 3/16/22-3/24/22)
[18] Lucretius (6/6/22)
[19] Jerome (6/8/22)
[20] Father Ananias Solem (4 posts 7/22/22-7/30/22)
[21] Where Did The Universe Come From (3 posts 9/30/22 – 10/5/22)
It was a pleasure to welcome a guest blogger, Barry Zern, who presented an alternative view on God (10/14/20 and 11/16/20-11/21/20). I thank him for his contribution and would be happy to receive others from readers.
I also related some philosophical thoughts on Helping the Homeless (5/17/21 and 5/19/21), on the COVID-19 vaccines (6/21/21 and 6/23/21), and on Substitute Teaching (8/31/22, 9/2/22, and 9/5/22).
Over the last three years, the site had over 10,000 visits by over 7,000 different users from at least 129 different countries on six continents. Besides the main page the most visited page was The Summum Bonum (post on 1/23/19 and Appendix Table 2 and Diagram 1). The most visited current reading was We Are Not Alone.
The extended version of the book I hope to publish is currently about 90% complete. I have been unable to find time to keep up the Table of Contents nor produce an appendix or index given the immense amount of time required to write three blogs per week while working near full time.
From here that I will finish the section on Ultimate Reality and The Meaning of Life which I believe will require at least another 60 posts or about 20 weeks. I hope to close with essays on the integration of the four components, and perhaps analyze how various traditions and individuals encapsulate this format. With good luck I hope to develop a final synthesis by this time next year in my ongoing public search for enlightenment.
I hope this quick review helps summarize the composition of the site and helps those who wish to return to past sections in their own journey. It remains my passionate goal to present a system of practical philosophical guidance that, to my knowledge, is unavailable elsewhere in modern form.
