Brendan Howard | Substack

Brendan Howard

@worldsclassics

I'm a Jewish dilettante, steeped in cheap Western Buddhist ideas and increasingly critical of the superficial world of fear-based life we're thrust into.

Can Benjamin Franklin Save You?

Can Benjamin Franklin Save You?

By Brendan Howard

Benjamin Franklin promised a path of self-improvement in The Art of Virtue. He never wrote it, but other writers have compiled it. What happens if we try to follow his rules?

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