Ivan Bock
@ivanbock.bsky.social
PhD (Phil) student at Stellenbosch Uni.
I blog infrequently. Interested in virtue ethics, moral psychology, pragmatism, existentialism, agnosticism, moral anti-realism, and skepticism.
Life is luck! Be kind to all!
Blog: https://ivanbock.substack.com/
I blog infrequently. Interested in virtue ethics, moral psychology, pragmatism, existentialism, agnosticism, moral anti-realism, and skepticism.
Life is luck! Be kind to all!
Blog: https://ivanbock.substack.com/
Thanks for sharing! I have a lot more unpacking and defending to do, but reckon this is a good start.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thanks for sharing! I have a lot more unpacking and defending to do, but reckon this is a good start.
I really like the SEP, but it does have a few entries that aren't too great. The other day I shared the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry on Miracles as I thought it did a better job than SEP. It is a shame, but philosophy has always had mixed quality scholarship.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I really like the SEP, but it does have a few entries that aren't too great. The other day I shared the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry on Miracles as I thought it did a better job than SEP. It is a shame, but philosophy has always had mixed quality scholarship.
Do you perhaps have the source for this quote? I cannot find it in Meditations, and trying to track down the origin via Google seems to both cite Aurelius and Euripides, but without text references or specifics.
It also doesn't really sound like Marcus Aurelius...
It also doesn't really sound like Marcus Aurelius...
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Do you perhaps have the source for this quote? I cannot find it in Meditations, and trying to track down the origin via Google seems to both cite Aurelius and Euripides, but without text references or specifics.
It also doesn't really sound like Marcus Aurelius...
It also doesn't really sound like Marcus Aurelius...
Definitely. I know some think it is being nitpicky, but without it the actual usefulness and depth of stoicism is lost. This is especially true for these sorts of quotes that just focus on basic resilience and leave out the psychology and ethics.
October 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Definitely. I know some think it is being nitpicky, but without it the actual usefulness and depth of stoicism is lost. This is especially true for these sorts of quotes that just focus on basic resilience and leave out the psychology and ethics.
Yeah, I agree with the technical distinction you are making here. Nietzche put this point well. We must not 'love' or 'enjoy' suffering. Rather, we must not let hardship stop us from doing what we can, and finding joy during hard times is fine. But we should not pretend hard times are 'good'.
October 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Yeah, I agree with the technical distinction you are making here. Nietzche put this point well. We must not 'love' or 'enjoy' suffering. Rather, we must not let hardship stop us from doing what we can, and finding joy during hard times is fine. But we should not pretend hard times are 'good'.
Definitely agree with this. We need more critical eyes on lay people misusing evolutionary psychology to tell themselves convenient stories.
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Definitely agree with this. We need more critical eyes on lay people misusing evolutionary psychology to tell themselves convenient stories.
... are being driven by profit rather than truth/evidence (duh, no suprise here) - just so frustrating having to deal with this and being treated with suspicion without reason.
Rant over!
Rant over!
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
... are being driven by profit rather than truth/evidence (duh, no suprise here) - just so frustrating having to deal with this and being treated with suspicion without reason.
Rant over!
Rant over!
... service provider that there were no other leaks when they finished the first day. All the evidence points to the second leak being there from the start and them just missing it. So this is clearly going to be a long struggle to get treated fairly.
It seems clear to me that their decisions ...
It seems clear to me that their decisions ...
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
... service provider that there were no other leaks when they finished the first day. All the evidence points to the second leak being there from the start and them just missing it. So this is clearly going to be a long struggle to get treated fairly.
It seems clear to me that their decisions ...
It seems clear to me that their decisions ...
... where they are asking for proof that the second leak was there from the start. I have already provided ample evidence that this is the case. But now they are claiming they will always side with the service provider without 'proof'. To which I had to reply and ask for the proof from the ...
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
... where they are asking for proof that the second leak was there from the start. I have already provided ample evidence that this is the case. But now they are claiming they will always side with the service provider without 'proof'. To which I had to reply and ask for the proof from the ...