Writings on mortality, time, and what fills a finite life. Philosophers and spiritual traditions from across cultures, and original essays from Moment.
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The real history of memento vivere: a 19th-century coinage, not an ancient maxim. What it actually means, via Pierre Hadot's reading of Goethe.
A modern English rendering of Epictetus's Enchiridion, the practical handbook of Stoic philosophy in fifty-one short sections on freedom, fortune, and what is and is not in our power.
What memento mori means, where it came from, how the same idea appears across Stoic, Christian, and Buddhist traditions, what the symbols were for, and what the research shows.
A synthesis of journaling research explaining what the evidence shows, why the productivity framing gets it wrong, and why writing makes a day durable.
Christian memento mori has two thousand years of history behind it. Scripture, ars moriendi, monastic practice, and modern contemplative writers on dying.
A modern English rendering of Book 2 of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, the most concentrated of the twelve books on time, mortality, and beginning the day.
How to meditate on death: a plain-language guide to mortality meditation, including a guided script and the practice's roots across Stoic, Buddhist, Christian, and psychological traditions.
Does memento mori work? A research synthesis distinguishing death anxiety from death reflection, with the evidence for mortality awareness as a deliberate practice.
A guide to the Buddhist meditation on death known as maranasati: what it is, the cemetery contemplations, how to practice it daily, and how it relates to other death-awareness traditions.
A modern English translation of Seneca's On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae), with a summary of his argument that life is long enough if you know how to use it.
