About: Van Bryan
Van Bryan is a contributing writer for Classical Wisdom with a background in classical philosophy. He is the author of the special briefing, How to Be Happy: A Guide to Ancient Ethical Philosophy. He is a practicing Stoic.
Recent Posts by Van Bryan
The Myth Of Sisyphus And Lessons In Absurdity
Written on April 28, 2022 at 7:05 pm
Categories: Gods
Tags: Aburdism, Albert Camus, Algeria, Myth of Sisyphus, Oedipus, Philosopher, Shakespeare, the plague, World War II
Aristotle: Happiness is an Activity
Written on April 24, 2022 at 3:06 pm
Categories: Philosophy
Tags: Aristotle, Classical Ethics, ethical egoism, Ethics, Happiness, hedonism, Moral philosophy, Pleasure, Seneca, Stoic, Stoicism, Virtue, virtue ethics
Sparta Vs. Athens
Written on April 21, 2022 at 6:13 pm
Categories: Places
Tags: Aeschylus, Athens, Battle of Arginusae, Battle of Salamis, City-states, Diogenes, minotaur, Peloponnesian war, Plato, socrates, Sophocles, Sparta, Themistocles, Thermopylae
Is Joe Rogan a Modern Day Gadfly?
Written on February 16, 2022 at 4:49 pm
Categories: Philosophy
Tags: Apology, gadfly, Plato, socrates, socratic method
Sappho: the Tenth Muse
Written on November 18, 2021 at 1:02 pm
Categories: Poets
Tags: Ancient Greek Poetry, Anthologia Graeca, biography, Sapphic Stanza, Sappho, Suda
Recent Comments by Van Bryan
- November 6, 2015 on Why Does Stuff Exist?
- August 19, 2014 on In Defense Of Aristotelian Ethics
- August 18, 2014 on In Defense Of Aristotelian Ethics
- June 18, 2014 on How To Argue Like A Philosopher
- January 15, 2014 on Aristippus and the Pursuit of Pleasure