Tag: Virtue

The Dark Side of the Japanese Virtue of “Gaman”

Supposedly a Japanese cultural idea that promotes stoicism, perseverance, and endurance of hardship without complaining, in recent years, much like ikigai, it’s been packaged and marketed to the West as a philosophy that will change your life. For me, I learned about gaman&nb...

Wisdom & Virtue: Classical Christian Schools Against the World

This is a story about a Christian private school in central Texas, which I will refer to by the name Pericles School, but it is really about much more than that. It is about a system of education and the way of thinking that drives it. Pericles School is part of what is known as “Class...