Arnold SiegelHow to Shift Our Focus and Live a Substantive LifeIt could be said that half of us want to live the unexamined life, assimilating into the culture, and half of us want to write our own…6 min read·Aug 25, 2021----
Arnold SiegelBuilding a Life Worth LivingMore than 2500 years ago the philosopher, Socrates, asserted that the unexamined life was not worth living. He predicted that we’ll be…4 min read·Mar 30, 2021--2--2
Arnold SiegelA Call for Respect and DecencyAccusatory, nightmarish and alarmist visions front-page our printed newspapers, transmit from our airwaves and blanket our digital world…4 min read·Dec 8, 2020----
Arnold SiegelAre You Fighting the Good Fight?Though one would think there’d be no shortage of information about the right stuff that human beings need to know, and like to know, it…5 min read·Sep 29, 2020----
Arnold SiegelHow to Best Meet the Challenge of These Stormy DaysDo the Right Thing5 min read·Mar 24, 2020--1--1
Arnold SiegelDesigning a Stable, Artful and Agreeable Life in Irrational TimesThe promise of humanity lies in its bold spirit. We each have the ability to think, feel and imagine and to climb the ladder of…5 min read·Feb 18, 2020--2--2
Arnold SiegelA New Framework for Seeing Clearly, Thinking Freely and Loving Your Life10 Brief Lessons in Autonomy5 min read·Jan 21, 2020----
Arnold SiegelWhy It’s So Important to Know Your Own MindIt always was and probably always will be evolving wisdom, aptitude and the clash of wills that inspire and guide humanity’s long journey…3 min read·Dec 17, 2019----
Arnold SiegelThe Importance of Learning to Sit StillIn the Summer 2014 issue of The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture, Mark Edmundson, of the University of…4 min read·Nov 19, 2019----
Arnold SiegelRevealing the Means to Living an Original, Creative and Examined LifeLiving the examined life is not so easy. To be an original, to create a life of your own design, to parse, weight and scale where and how…5 min read·Oct 22, 2019----