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 23, 2022

Aug 2022

Productivity Window Shopping and Backlogs

Productively building a massive backlog.

March 18, 2022

Mar 2022

On Haughty Dog Owners in NYC

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

December 15, 2021

Dec 2021

Examining Hodel & Stauber’s Garden Sprinkler

〜New AND improved〜

October 10, 2021

Oct 2021

Calvin Coolidge’s 1922 “Better Homes” Remarks

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

July 26, 2021

Jul 2021

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

〜Let it be said that this is truly unique New Leaf Journal-exclusive content〜

June 10, 2021

Jun 2021

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

〜Hot is a state of mind. Cold is a state of mind. The basement is a state of mind?〜

May 18, 2021

May 2021

Justin & Justina 〜 The Existential Angst of the Yappy Dog

〜An auditory assault from a yappy dog experiencing existential angst〜

April 13, 2021

Apr 2021

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

〜Is hair a part of you? Or is hair the whole of you?〜

March 24, 2021

Mar 2021

An Essay on Productivity, Production, and Productive Leisure

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

December 18, 2020

Dec 2020

Walking with Epictetus in the Snow

〜Walking with the great stoic philosopher on a snow-filled day in Brooklyn〜

December 8, 2020

Dec 2020

Apollodorus and the Gourds of Hadrian

〜Do not tell he who will command 30 legions that he knows nothing and should take leave to paint gourds〜

July 9, 2020

Jul 2020

An Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree

〜A clear and distinct idea of a mushroom cloud… err… truth tree〜