Miklós Cseszneky (Cseszneky Miklós)
@csesznekymiklos.bsky.social
Hungarian philosopher and writer with a background in law, political science, history, linguistics, psychology and education. I write essays, fiction and poetry in multiple languages.
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'The Masks of Hatred: What October 7 Revealed' by Miklós Cseszneky
"This is not a book of outrage. It is a book of memory—sharp, reflective, and uncompromising. It asks what the world revealed about itself when it was asked to mourn the wrong kind of victim."
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"This is not a book of outrage. It is a book of memory—sharp, reflective, and uncompromising. It asks what the world revealed about itself when it was asked to mourn the wrong kind of victim."
Now: $2.99
books2read.com/b/brxAKZ
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'The Masks of Hatred: What October 7 Revealed' by Miklós Cseszneky
"This is not a book of outrage. It is a book of memory—sharp, reflective, and uncompromising. It asks what the world revealed about itself when it was asked to mourn the wrong kind of victim."
Now: $2.99
books2read.com/b/brxAKZ
"This is not a book of outrage. It is a book of memory—sharp, reflective, and uncompromising. It asks what the world revealed about itself when it was asked to mourn the wrong kind of victim."
Now: $2.99
books2read.com/b/brxAKZ
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Bars Without Iron
Stoicism, prison, and the invisible walls we all live behind
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July 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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There is something sobering—and moving—about these men sitting with Marcus Aurelius. They are not debating abstractions, but practising mental posture. They are not free to come and go, but they are learning to come and go within themselves.
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Bars Without Iron
Stoicism, prison, and the invisible walls we all live behind
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
There is something sobering—and moving—about these men sitting with Marcus Aurelius. They are not debating abstractions, but practising mental posture. They are not free to come and go, but they are learning to come and go within themselves.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
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Fauja Singh lived with the kind of integrity that draws no attention to itself. No drama, no slogans, no need to invent meaning beyond the act of living faithfully. He ran not to inspire but to endure. And because he endured, he inspired.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
Fauja Singh and the Quiet Marathon of Life
A farewell to a quiet runner, steadfast soul, enduring example
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fauja Singh lived with the kind of integrity that draws no attention to itself. No drama, no slogans, no need to invent meaning beyond the act of living faithfully. He ran not to inspire but to endure. And because he endured, he inspired.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
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@csesznekymiklos.bsky.social
Just followed you & went to read your work on substack.
open.substack.com/pub/csesznek...
I especially liked: "Language, after all, is never just a tool. It is a form of life. And when we stop hearing the different ways life can sound, we lose more than we realise."
Just followed you & went to read your work on substack.
open.substack.com/pub/csesznek...
I especially liked: "Language, after all, is never just a tool. It is a form of life. And when we stop hearing the different ways life can sound, we lose more than we realise."
The Quiet Return of Many Tongues
On Eurovision, language, and the slow undoing of sameness
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July 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@csesznekymiklos.bsky.social
Just followed you & went to read your work on substack.
open.substack.com/pub/csesznek...
I especially liked: "Language, after all, is never just a tool. It is a form of life. And when we stop hearing the different ways life can sound, we lose more than we realise."
Just followed you & went to read your work on substack.
open.substack.com/pub/csesznek...
I especially liked: "Language, after all, is never just a tool. It is a form of life. And when we stop hearing the different ways life can sound, we lose more than we realise."
Fauja Singh lived with the kind of integrity that draws no attention to itself. No drama, no slogans, no need to invent meaning beyond the act of living faithfully. He ran not to inspire but to endure. And because he endured, he inspired.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
Fauja Singh and the Quiet Marathon of Life
A farewell to a quiet runner, steadfast soul, enduring example
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fauja Singh lived with the kind of integrity that draws no attention to itself. No drama, no slogans, no need to invent meaning beyond the act of living faithfully. He ran not to inspire but to endure. And because he endured, he inspired.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/fauja-sing...
There is something sobering—and moving—about these men sitting with Marcus Aurelius. They are not debating abstractions, but practising mental posture. They are not free to come and go, but they are learning to come and go within themselves.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
Bars Without Iron
Stoicism, prison, and the invisible walls we all live behind
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
There is something sobering—and moving—about these men sitting with Marcus Aurelius. They are not debating abstractions, but practising mental posture. They are not free to come and go, but they are learning to come and go within themselves.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
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What these men grasp, intuitively, is that Stoicism is not abstraction. It is a toolkit. It begins with the premise that life is not fair, not kind, and not in our control. And it proceeds from there, asking only: what, then, is up to you?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
Bars Without Iron
Stoicism, prison, and the invisible walls we all live behind
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What these men grasp, intuitively, is that Stoicism is not abstraction. It is a toolkit. It begins with the premise that life is not fair, not kind, and not in our control. And it proceeds from there, asking only: what, then, is up to you?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
What these men grasp, intuitively, is that Stoicism is not abstraction. It is a toolkit. It begins with the premise that life is not fair, not kind, and not in our control. And it proceeds from there, asking only: what, then, is up to you?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
Bars Without Iron
Stoicism, prison, and the invisible walls we all live behind
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What these men grasp, intuitively, is that Stoicism is not abstraction. It is a toolkit. It begins with the premise that life is not fair, not kind, and not in our control. And it proceeds from there, asking only: what, then, is up to you?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/bars-witho...
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Violence plummets in men's prison - after inmates were taught about ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Violence plummets in men's prison after inmates were taught philosophy
Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and self-discipline.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Violence plummets in men's prison - after inmates were taught about ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Violence plummets in men's prison - after inmates were taught about ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Violence plummets in men's prison after inmates were taught philosophy
Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and self-discipline.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Violence plummets in men's prison - after inmates were taught about ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Amen.
This article is food and medicine.
Thankful to return.
This article is food and medicine.
Thankful to return.
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
The Weight of Attention
On Focus, Formation, and the Ethics of Looking
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Amen.
This article is food and medicine.
Thankful to return.
This article is food and medicine.
Thankful to return.
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Important article
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
The Weight of Attention
On Focus, Formation, and the Ethics of Looking
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Important article
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June 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
June 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Miklós Cseszneky (Cseszneky Miklós)
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
The Weight of Attention
On Focus, Formation, and the Ethics of Looking
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
The Weight of Attention
On Focus, Formation, and the Ethics of Looking
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Modern life punishes focus with fear: the fear of missing out, of falling behind, of being uninformed. But wisdom does not accumulate through the constant scanning of new inputs.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-weight...
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A culture that begins to classify some feelings as too important to be disturbed — and others as fair game — is not promoting tolerance. It is promoting tribalism by proxy.
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
The New Hierarchies of Feeling
When offence becomes a privilege — and free speech becomes its casualty
civictemper.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A culture that begins to classify some feelings as too important to be disturbed — and others as fair game — is not promoting tolerance. It is promoting tribalism by proxy.
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
A culture that begins to classify some feelings as too important to be disturbed — and others as fair game — is not promoting tolerance. It is promoting tribalism by proxy.
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
The New Hierarchies of Feeling
When offence becomes a privilege — and free speech becomes its casualty
civictemper.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A culture that begins to classify some feelings as too important to be disturbed — and others as fair game — is not promoting tolerance. It is promoting tribalism by proxy.
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
civictemper.substack.com/p/the-new-hi...
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A man in a state of chronic distraction is not simply busy; he is prevented, over and over, from the work of perception. And this has consequences. Not just in productivity, as the modern vocabulary would have it, but in the texture of one’s life.
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csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
Against Noise
On the Moral Cost of Constant Distraction
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A man in a state of chronic distraction is not simply busy; he is prevented, over and over, from the work of perception. And this has consequences. Not just in productivity, as the modern vocabulary would have it, but in the texture of one’s life.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
A man in a state of chronic distraction is not simply busy; he is prevented, over and over, from the work of perception. And this has consequences. Not just in productivity, as the modern vocabulary would have it, but in the texture of one’s life.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
Against Noise
On the Moral Cost of Constant Distraction
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A man in a state of chronic distraction is not simply busy; he is prevented, over and over, from the work of perception. And this has consequences. Not just in productivity, as the modern vocabulary would have it, but in the texture of one’s life.
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
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Sikhs, whose distinctive turbans and beards mark them visibly, have often found themselves doubly punished: targeted for looking different, and then for being mistaken for adherents of another faith.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Mistaken Identity, Unmistakable Bigotry
We are no fans of mixing institutional religion with politics. The practice of opening each sitting of the United States Congress with a public prayer—whether Christian, Sikh, Muslim or otherwise—seem...
www.dailykos.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sikhs, whose distinctive turbans and beards mark them visibly, have often found themselves doubly punished: targeted for looking different, and then for being mistaken for adherents of another faith.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Reposted by Miklós Cseszneky (Cseszneky Miklós)
Sikhs, whose distinctive turbans and beards mark them visibly, have often found themselves doubly punished: targeted for looking different, and then for being mistaken for adherents of another faith.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Mistaken Identity, Unmistakable Bigotry
We are no fans of mixing institutional religion with politics. The practice of opening each sitting of the United States Congress with a public prayer—whether Christian, Sikh, Muslim or otherwise—seem...
www.dailykos.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sikhs, whose distinctive turbans and beards mark them visibly, have often found themselves doubly punished: targeted for looking different, and then for being mistaken for adherents of another faith.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...