Daniel Sanderson

Daniel Sanderson, founder of planksip®, bridges classical philosophy with modern science. His book Re-Imagining Plato explores anthropology, philosophy, and neuroscience, redefining Plato for today.

634 posts

Human Weakness and the Search for Wisdom

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jul 13, 2025 — 5 min read

Sugrue’s reflections on human frailty and the philosopher’s path. Insights from the Dialogues: Socratic wisdom and human limitations (Charmides, 165b-169c). Chance and Fate: Ancient games reflecting humility and acceptance of fate.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being… Too Loud

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

Less Likely to Spark a Major Reaction (but still usable):

The Case of the Exploding Self-Tanner

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Great Spatula Debate

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Great Reversal of Breakfast

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Case of the Mandatory Mime Flash Mob

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Tyranny of the Tiny Desk

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Drone Delivery Debacle

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 4 min read

The Peril of the Perpetual Poodle Parade

by Daniel Sanderson in Breyer's Eye Scream Jul 10, 2025 — 5 min read

Plato’s Republic and the Role of the Guardians

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jul 6, 2025 — 6 min read

The Republic's Equilibrium: A Spiritual Pursuit

by Daniel Sanderson Jul 4, 2025 — 2 min read

The Role of Myths in Plato’s Dialogues

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jun 29, 2025 — 5 min read

Love and Immortality in Plato’s Symposium

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jun 22, 2025 — 5 min read

The Prolific Borrower: Deconstructing a Quote Falsely Attributed to Plato

by Daniel Sanderson Jun 21, 2025 — 2 min read

The Philosopher’s Life: A Journey of Self-Examination

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jun 15, 2025 — 6 min read

Virtue and Friendship in Aristotle and Plato

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jun 8, 2025 — 5 min read

On the Soul's Longing for the True

by Daniel Sanderson Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Knowledge and Virtue in Socratic Thought

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Jun 1, 2025 — 3 min read

Reason and Emotion: Plato’s Balanced Soul

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue May 25, 2025 — 6 min read

The Power of Speech: Plato’s Critique of Rhetoric

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue May 18, 2025 — 5 min read

Fate and Human Freedom in Ancient Philosophy

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue May 11, 2025 — 5 min read

Epochs, Urgency, and Understanding: Why Today's Climate Change Demands a Different Perspective

by Daniel Sanderson May 11, 2025 — 16 min read

Context is for Kings: Discovering Ourselves in the Mirror of Starfleet's Mutineer Exportar a Documentos

by Daniel Sanderson and Mercedes Noam Kostucki in StarTrek with Mercy May 9, 2025 — 14 min read

Is that a butthole... nobody knows why. Exploring British Humour on a Facebook short.

by Daniel Sanderson May 7, 2025 — 3 min read

Virtue and the State: Insights from Republic

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue May 4, 2025 — 6 min read

Plato’s Critique of Poets and Artists

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Apr 27, 2025 — 5 min read

Battle at the Binary Stars - Echoes in the Void: Identity, Ethics, and the Search for Meaning

by Daniel Sanderson and Mercedes Noam Kostucki in StarTrek with Mercy Apr 23, 2025 — 17 min read

Plato’s Exploration of Life After Death

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Apr 20, 2025 — 5 min read

The Role of Moderation in Ancient Ethics

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Apr 13, 2025 — 4 min read

Flipping the Script in Favour of Christianity, but at the Expense of the Divine Spirit

by Daniel Sanderson in Flips the Script Apr 9, 2025 — 20 min read

Watching Discovery and Discovering Myself: A First-Person Commentary on "The Vulcan Hello"

by Daniel Sanderson and Mercedes Noam Kostucki in StarTrek with Mercy Apr 7, 2025 — 10 min read

The Nature of Reality: Plato’s Theory of Forms

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Apr 6, 2025 — 6 min read

On the Binding Power of Reasons: A Response to the ‘Reasons Relativism’

by Daniel Sanderson Apr 5, 2025 — 4 min read

Dialectic and the Art of Questioning

by Daniel Sanderson in The Origins of “His Story”, Ancient Greece with Dr. Michael Sugrue Mar 30, 2025 — 5 min read

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