Published inAbout Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Céline LeboeufThe Accidental Philosopher Hi! I’m Céline Leboeuf. I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida International University. When I’m not writing and lecturing about feminism, death, or existentialism, you can find me fulfilling my duties as a dog mom to my little terrier, Carol. (She’s named after the…About Me3 min readAbout Me3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyWhy Live?The Three Authors Who Saved Me During an Existential Crisis “Stench and worms.” To use Leo Tolstoy’s words in A Confession, that’s what will become of us all after death. We toil through life. Our actions will inevitably come to an end. And all memory of us will eventually disappear. So, what’s the point of going on in the first…Mwc Death11 min readMwc Death11 min read
Published inA Philosopher’s Stone·Dec 21, 2020Member-onlyThe Beauty of Ephemerality: Why We Should Cherish the Fleetingness of Our LivesLast year, I struck up a conversation with a man sitting next to me at the bar of a TGIF at Miami International Airport. I never learned his name, nor did he learn mine. Still, we enjoyed nearly an hour-long conversation: we discussed his son’s hesitance to pursue a degree…Philosophy4 min readPhilosophy4 min read
Published inA Philosopher’s Stone·Sep 28, 2019Member-onlyWalking in Simone de Beauvoir’s FootstepsWhat the Existentialist Author Can Teach Us About Body Positivity — Most photographs of Simone de Beauvoir show her seated, typically in a café, often writing or enjoying a cigarette. What’s less well known is that the twentieth-century philosopher and novelist, best known for her groundbreaking feminist book The Second Sex, was also an avid hiker. Her…Feminism5 min readFeminism5 min read
Published inStoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life·Aug 2, 2019Member-onlyTake a View from Above!Why Marcus Aurelius Might Tell You to do a Digital Detox Take a view from above — look at the thousands of flocks and herds, the thousands of human ceremonies, every sort of voyage in storm or calm, the range of creation, combination, and extinction. Consider too the lives once…Stoicism6 min readStoicism6 min read