Philosophy by Rick

A philosopher
every morning

At 8:00 a new lesson arrives: who they were, one idea worth keeping and a small challenge for your day. Five minutes, then get on with it.

Coming soon to the App Store

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Today: Day 16, René Descartes — Tip out the basket and check every apple

One lesson. Never a backlog.

  1. 8:00A thinker arrivesMarcus Aurelius on Day 1, then someone new each morning — from Athens to Kyoto.
  2. 5 minRead it, say soTap “I’ve read it”, from the lesson, the notification or Siri.
  3. TomorrowThe next one is writtenFall behind and nothing piles up. The same lesson simply waits for you.

The lesson

Who they were, and one idea to keep

Where they lived, what they’re famous for and a detail to remember them by. Then a quote with its source, explained in plain words, and a challenge you can try before lunch.

Lesson: René Descartes, facts and famous for Today’s wisdom: a sourced quote from Discourse on Method

Timeline & atlas

See how they connect

Everyone you’ve met on one timeline, with world events to hang them on, who taught whom, and who was alive at the same time a continent away. And a map of where they were born and where they ended up.

Timeline from Ptahhotep to Confucius and Socrates Atlas with numbered pins across Europe

Ask

Curious? Ask.

Questions about any thinker are answered on your iPhone by Apple Intelligence, grounded in Wikipedia and always with their sources. Nothing you ask leaves the device.

René Descartes: summary and Wikimedia images Ask: what Descartes meant by I think, therefore I am

About 150 thinkers, nine traditions

Ancient Greece and Rome, China, India, the Islamic world, Africa, East Asia, medieval and modern Europe, and the twentieth century. Every quote comes with the work it’s from; where a saying is a paraphrase, the app says so.

On your lock screenA widget shows the lesson that’s waiting, or when the next one arrives.
Made for your morningPick the arrival time, how practical the lessons are, and three or five minutes.
Private by designNo account, no ads, no tracking. Your lessons stay on your iPhone. Privacy policy

Support

Questions, a quote that looks wrong, or an idea for the app? Email 43shakeup_gavel@icloud.com.