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Nissa Tolton
Nissa Tolton

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  • About
  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry

Category: Philosophy

Only the Cutting
  • Historical
  • Philosophy

Only the Cutting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20253 July 2025

This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.

Making Decisions
  • Philosophy

Making Decisions

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20259 July 2025

Making decisions is easy. Building the scaffolding for decision-making is hard.

Time-loops
  • Philosophy

Time-loops

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 5 June 202528 June 2025

Have you ever considered the possibility that you could be in a time loop?

Involuntary Buddhist
  • Philosophy

Involuntary Buddhist

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 11 March 202527 May 2025

The limitations of time and space cultivates Buddhism, even in non-believers.

Moral Superiority — Again
  • Philosophy

Moral Superiority — Again

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 22 November 202330 September 2024

Yes, yes, but what of the people who have morals but do not consider themselves morally superior?”

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Alliances

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 7 November 202330 September 2024

A dinner table conversation about alliances

  • Philosophy

Beyond ‘Good’ Evil

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 16 October 202322 June 2025

‘Good’ we can have without morality. ‘Evil’ is much harder to justify without it.

Frustration
  • Philosophy

Frustration

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 February 202327 May 2025

It is never appropriate to express frustration. Mind-blowing.

Lucidity
  • Dreaming
  • Philosophy

Lucidity

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 November 20223 June 2025

It is the one topic that cannot be discussed

Post-Truth
  • Philosophy

Post-Truth

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 November 202227 May 2025

Post-truth is a curated presentation of the truth, for a particular purpose.

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