Archive - Commonplace Philosophy

There is a solution to the Male Reading Crisis, but it is boring.

That’s the thing about reading advice: the good stuff, the stuff that actually works, is boring.

13 hrs ago •

Jared Henderson

June 2025

'I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways' | The Remains of the Day, Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2

Today, we begin our reading of The Remains of the Day.

Jun 30 •

Jared Henderson

Tell me what you're reading

Or watching, listening to, etc.

Jun 27 •

Jared Henderson

The Glimpse of Unknown Territory

On Borges, Bookshelves, a Late Philosopher, and the Wonder of Reading

Jun 21 •

Jared Henderson

The Remains of the Day and the Rest of 2025's Read-Alongs

Translations, rough schedules, emerging themes

Jun 19 •

Jared Henderson

'Let us fare well' | Plato's Republic, Book X

The Myth of Er, the immortal soul, the completion of the proof, the banishment of poets

Jun 16 •

Jared Henderson

How I got my book deal (and how it is going so far)

A peak behind the curtain

Jun 13 •

Jared Henderson

'Blessed are those who produce a tyrannical son' | Plato's Republic, Book IX

The penultimate book of Plato's Republic

Jun 9 •

Jared Henderson

'The most delightful of regimes' | Plato's Republic, Book VIII

Timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny

Jun 2 •

Jared Henderson

May 2025

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