Too many people think in labels. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nation-states like war; city-states like commerce; families like stability; and individuals like entertainment,

The definition of a home: you are happy when you leave and you are also happy when you return.

If you want to study classical values such as courage or learn about stoicism, don’t necessarily look for classicists. One is never a career academic without a reason. Read the texts themselves: Seneca, Caesar, or Marcus Aurelius, when possible. Or read commentators on the classics who were doers themselves, such as Montaigne — people who at some point had some skin in the game, then retired to write books. Avoid the intermediary, when possible. Or fuhgetaboud the texts, just engage in acts of courage.