Genius & Ink 🖌
Vashik Armenikus
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Philosophy as Medicine for Soul: Epicurus on How to Clear Your Mind
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit armenikus.substack.comHello friends,I recorded this podcast in March 2025. So, about a year ago! I don’t know why this recording stayed…
Join the 2025 'Dante's The Divine Comedy' Read-Along
Beauty awakens the soul to act.~ From The Divine ComedyHello friends, I am so excited to announce this read-along that I have been working since mid-2024 (or one could say for 8 years since 2017!).…
Géricault: What Happens When You Lose Hope
Hello friends,This article explores one of the most haunting paintings I have ever seen, and perhaps the most significant piece I have ever written.The story behind Géricault’s ‘The Raft of Medusa’…
Ep.6: Pasternak vs. Stalin, Eliade on Life, and Calasso on How to Get Unstuck
In this episode we explore three thought provoking ideas. First, we delve into Boris Pasternak’s quiet stand against Stalin—a testament to poetry’s power against oppression. Then, a single line from…
Ep. 5: Libraries: How Brewers' Lobby Tried to Stop the Spread of Knowledge
Hello friends, In this episode, we explore a wonderful book called The Library: A Fragile History written by Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree. In one of the chapters, they mention a powerful…
Ep. 4: Schopenhauer on How to Organise Your Library and Your Mind.
Our minds often resemble a disordered library. We might be well-read, but not be able to use knowledge when we need it. In this episode we explore a short passage from Schopenhauer’s essay ‘On…
EP. 3 Tolstoy on Science vs Religion, and the Meaning of Life
In this episode, we're delving into a rare book by Leo Tolstoy, written during his darkest times. Tolstoy, a Christian mystic, delves into the relationship between religion, science, and the human…
EP 2: Simone Weil: Paying Attention as a Spiritual Exercise (BASED ON MY ARTICLE)
Attention is "the rarest and purest form of generosity." The act of giving oneself-turning away from one's own self and turning toward the world, making a place for others by placing one's own self…
EP 1: Montaigne on 'How to Live' and 'How to Die'
The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne had an enormous influence on every thinker who came after he died in 1592. Voltaire, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Camus, and Hannah Arendt are only a few names who…
Japanese Koan: Being Provoked into Thinking. (Intro)
Hello friends!Over the past 15 years I’ve documented every book that I’ve ever read in my journal or commonplace book. The result is that as of June 2023, I’ve about 30 Moleskine notebooks full of…
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