I'm at work, on a work computer, so can't fully test, but yes.

I saved this as test.md, opened it in notepad, clicked the link, and it popped open a command line:

[Click me](C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe)

Can definitely go further than this; just a quick test.

To be fair, though, it's not just a click -> open/run. The user has to `ctrl+click` and will see the source of the link (at least I do).

Honestly, most modern books on Stoicism read like that; I tend to avoid them altogether. Although I will say that Donald Robertson has done a great job with the two books I've read of his (Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor).

The best modern book, in my opinion, is Pierre Hadot's The Inner Citadel. It's primarily about Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, but does a really good deep-dive into Stoicism (and frequently mentions other Stoics).

I've been working through the pwn.college curriculum, as well as building https://stoacentral.com. It's meant to be a place to chill, discuss philosophy (Stoicism), and improve yourself. I built it after becoming annoyed with Facebook groups, really.

If you're interested in Stoicism, feel free to join and start some discussions.

Yeah, because, as you said, those are the most widely-known. There's not much literature existing beyond them.

However, I did mention Zeno...

I'll probably write an update to at least mention the others. That's a good point, thank you.

I haven't read that, but I bet it's good. Massimo has been writing on the subject since I learned what Stoicism was.

If you're interested, feel free to sign up to Stoa Central. Really, I would love to have some intelligent people to have discussions with.

I'll never forget when silver went down to $11/oz. I immediately went to my local metals dealer to make a purchase. I watched the two owners through the glass windows carrying a huge tote to the back room.

When they opened the door, they said "so many people came in and bought everything", both sweating and breathing heavy. Lied right to my face. They left out like five generic 1oz silver bars and a small gold coin.

And again, when the price was high, they don't want to pay anywhere near the spot price.

I learned this: silver/gold is definitely not something you buy to "flip", at least in the short term. It's something you buy and hold for as long as you live, if possible, perhaps passing it down to your kids.

It looks like the Greek text is there. You have to click "Compare Translations" on the top left -> Top Result.

Very nice. I missed that, because I expected that "Compare Translations" would highlight differences and thus did not check it out.

For sure. I found it by mistake. I was just trying to get to the homepage by clicking the menu icon.

Oops. Any idea how to make the UX better?

No worries! For UX, I would personally add the Greek text by default, and remove the hamburger icon from "Compare Translations". I don't know, my brain is trained to see that icon strictly as a site navigation item.

If you wanted to, perhaps at the top of the page, you can add <select> tags for the translations.

But after figuring out what everything is doing, it's a super nice project; I like it, no need to change anything (above are just suggestions). Thank you for putting it together!

Absolutely love this book. The discourses are great reads as well.

It's wild how the human psyche barely changed since the time of Epictetus.

P.S. If you're a follower of Stoicism, I've been working on a community platform/forum: https://stoacentral.com (there's still a lot of work to be done, but I've been pushing along).

Yikes. Is ChatGPT also building the extension for you?

I only read non-fiction; mostly philosophy. Here are some books off the top of my head:

* The Inner Citadel/Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot

* Plato's dialogues (someone already mentioned a few of them, but the Republic was missing from their list).

* Epictetus (Discourses and Enchiridion)

* The various essays/letters of Seneca

* Matter and Consciousness by Churchland (older, but fascinating)

* The Mediations of Marcus Aurelius

* (mostly) any Buddhist texts

* What a Plant Knows

* Moonwalking with Einstein

There are tons of fascinating books, way too many to list.

Second the recommendation for "Moonwalking with Einstein." Ed Cooke (the memory coach and world memory champion featured prominently in the book) is also a really nice chap.

If you have any interest in memorization or mnemonics, it's a great read.

> If you have any interest in memorization or mnemonics, it's a great read.

Absolutely. Even if you don't have an interest in the subject, it's worth a read. I honestly picked that book up out of random; I had no idea such a world of memory existed. Brilliant book.

Totally agree. If you like this style of memoir + deep subject dive, I also highly recommend anything by A.J. Jacobs - his "Year of Living Biblically", and "The Know-It-All" are great reads in the same vein.