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Tag Archives: Philosophy

Philosophy has a storied tradition in the West going back more than 2500 years. The NLJ has a growing selection of articles touching on philosophical texts.

August 13, 2024
13
Aug 2024

Free as a bird. Free as in bird.

Nicholas A. Ferrell

The New Leaf Journal’s resident dialogue duo, Justin and Justina, consider the true meaning of the assertion that a New York City pigeon is free.
May 24, 2024
24
May 2024

999: The Dialogue

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A special Justin and Justina dialogue to commemorate 999 full articles at The New Leaf Journal.
November 21, 2023
21
Nov 2023

Searching for the “Libertarian Moment”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A humorous and ultimately borderless search for the long sought-after “libertarian moment.”
August 23, 2022
23
Aug 2022

Productivity Window Shopping and Backlogs

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Productively building a massive backlog.
March 18, 2022
18
Mar 2022

On Haughty Dog Owners in NYC

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“People call him the Mayor of Brooklyn Heights” (I am confident that this is not the case. -NAF).
December 15, 2021
15
Dec 2021

Examining Hodel & Stauber’s Garden Sprinkler

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜New AND improved〜
October 10, 2021
10
Oct 2021

Calvin Coolidge’s 1922 “Better Homes” Remarks

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“[T]hat longing which exists in every human breast to be able to say: ‘This is mine.””
July 26, 2021
26
Jul 2021

Victor V. Gurbo, Bob Dylan’s Voice, and Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I question Victor V. Gurbo’s strategy of fighting critics of Bob Dylan’s singing voice by taking the low ground and charging into the Sun.
June 10, 2021
10
Jun 2021

Justin & Justina 〜 Hot is a State of Mind (and Other States of Mind)

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Hot is a state of mind. Cold is a state of mind. The basement is a state of mind?〜
May 18, 2021
18
May 2021

Justin & Justina: The Existential Angst of the Yappy Dog

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A fictional dialogue on a very real problem for New York CIty apartment life (especially post 2020): The existential angst of the small yappy dog.
April 13, 2021
13
Apr 2021

The Hair Makes the (2D) Girl: Anime on the Ship of Theseus

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Is hair a part of you? Or is hair the whole of you?〜
March 24, 2021
24
Mar 2021

An Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A long post that takes on “productivity porn,” productive leisure, and Epictetus’s standing athwart procrastination.