Having nowhere better to begin, I retreated inwards and backwards. The idea seemed simple enough. To retrieve markings made previously and begin by examining the condition of their selection, engage in a reconsideration, and respond from my current temporality. In this instance, Marcus Aurelius' meditation seems like the straightforward choice.

It is by its methods rather than by its subject matter that philosophy is to be distinguished from the other arts and science. - A. J....