PinnedAdam Louis Sebastian LehodeyOn the road: stories from an American adventureAmerica’s been insane, with so many great adventures and stories that I’ve gathered from my time travelling across that great country.Jul 8, 2022Jul 8, 2022
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyThe Great American Novel: a journey through a genre of critique and progressLiterary critique of the American project — founded in 1776 on enlightenment ideals including individual rights, human flourishing, and…Sep 29Sep 29
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyLaw, liberty, and the limits of selfhoodMy philosophical article on the relationship between individuals and the law was recently accepted and published in the Brown Journal of…Jul 14Jul 14
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyFrom Wealth to Well-being | Notes and analysis of Amartya Sen’s Development as FreedomThe following critical essay was originally written for a SciencesPo class entitled ‘Modern Capitalism and its Institutions.’ I have…Jun 29Jun 29
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyAndy Warhol and the Masterpiece of ConsumptionIn a world where Andy Warhol is synonymous with contemporary art and a single painting, such as the Marilyn above, sells for hundreds of…Feb 12Feb 12
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyGovernment, tech, and the outsourcing of virtueAn interesting piece in the Atlantic entitled ‘Should Teens Have Access to Disappearing Messages?’ highlights a curious trend that has…Jan 31Jan 31
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyThe Case for Virtue: Striving for Excellence and BalanceThe starting point for Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is that our objective, as humans, should be to strive for happiness, properly…Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyDecoding the Self through Auster’s City of Glass | The New York Trilogy AnalysisWhat does it mean to be yourself? Is the self merely a collection of the physical parts which constitute one’s body? Surely not, for that…Sep 8, 2023Sep 8, 2023
Adam Louis Sebastian LehodeyTravels to a foreign country | Analysis and notes on L.P. Hartley’s The Go-BetweenIf ‘the past is a foreign country,’ as the celebrated first line of L.P Hartley’s The Go-Between makes it out to be, then the novel itself…Apr 30, 2023Apr 30, 2023
