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Episode 3 in the series.","pubDate":"Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000","link":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2023-03-12-comments-dao-3\/","guid":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2023-03-12-comments-dao-3\/"},{"title":"Comments on Dao #2 (on moderation and the Delphic maxims)","description":"A work on philosophy by Protesilaos Stavrou about Dao De Jing by Lao Zi.  Episode 2 in the series.","pubDate":"Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000","link":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2023-03-09-comments-dao-2\/","guid":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2023-03-09-comments-dao-2\/"},{"title":"Comments on Dao #1 (Cosmos, Logos, Tropos)","description":"A work on philosophy by Protesilaos Stavrou about Dao De Jing by Lao Zi.  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00:00:00 +0000","link":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-11-04-dignity\/","guid":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-11-04-dignity\/"},{"title":"On the meaning and purpose of life","description":"A work on philosophy by Protesilaos Stavrou about the meaning and purpose of life.","pubDate":"Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000","link":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-11-02-meaning-purpose-life\/","guid":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-11-02-meaning-purpose-life\/"},{"title":"About \u201csorry for being a burden\u201d","description":"A work on philosophy by Protesilaos Stavrou about everything pertaining to the expression \u201csorry for being a burden\u201d.","pubDate":"Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000","link":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-10-31-sorry-for-being-burden\/","guid":"https:\/\/protesilaos.com\/books\/2022-10-31-sorry-for-being-burden\/"},{"title":"On discipline and self-restraint","description":"A work on philosophy by Protesilaos Stavrou about 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