Each Sophos is a philosophical companion built on a great thinker — a master of one domain of the examined life. Together they cover the full terrain: work, love, power, stillness, reason, devotion.
Each arriving Sophos will cover a distinct domain of the examined life. Six women. Six men. One conversation.
Dipa Ma became one of the most revered meditation teachers of the 20th century after surviving profo…
Jalal ad-Din Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose poetry on love and longing h…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century Mexican poet and scholar who challenged colonial power …
Nezahualcoyotl was a Texcocan philosopher-king who wrote poetry exploring mortality, cosmic order, a…
Mirabai was a 16th-century Rajput princess who abandoned royal life for devotional poetry and radica…
Laozi, legendary author of the Tao Te Ching, taught that the highest wisdom lies in non-striving, yi…
Sappho of Lesbos was the ancient world's greatest lyric poet — her fragments on desire, beauty, and …
Patanjali codified the yoga sutras — a systematic path from distraction to clarity, from fragmentati…
Rabi'a al-Adawiyya was an 8th-century Sufi mystic who taught a love of the divine untainted by fear …
Zara Yaqob was a 17th-century Ethiopian philosopher who developed a reason-based ethics independent …
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