Recent content by Percival

Good question. The links are unlikely to be historical, although it's not inconceivable. The connection for me is methodological. Both are "applied philosophy", not thinking for thinking's sake. This is obvious for buddhism, but there are numerous passages in the Enneads that refer to ethical...

I'll come at this from a more intuitive approach. Many years ago I had a bit of an epiphany after spending years studying chemistry, biology, philosophy and religion and getting no closer to a position that felt satisfying. The epiphany came in the form of reading a translation of Plotinus...

not dead yet.

This one certainly does. Married to another INFJ for 27 years. It may sound dull to others, but there's enough variation in the degree of our respective IsNsFsandJs that it's not like being married to an identical twin. I'm stronger on the IN scales, she's stronger on the F and J. On our first...