Contingently i-RON-ickNov 17, 2022
Announcing the formation of the Neo-Elpistikoi!
The Elpistikoi (the "Hopefulists"), a ancient philosophical sect we only know through a single sentence in Plutarch. Join me in reestablishing this little-known school of philosophy!
#philosophy #pragmatism #meliorism #elpistics #hope
https://ironick.medium.com/reestablishing-the-elpistikoi-philosophers-of-hope-eb0b5a50bf8a
Reestablishing The Elpistikoi: Philosophers of Hope

I am beside myself with joy at having stumbled across a group of ancient philosophers known as the Elpistikoi or the Elpistics. Elpis is the Greek word that roughly overlaps with the English word…

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