About Parrhesia Capital

Parrhesia Capital is a forum to develop and explore thoughts and ideas related to investment process, principles and philosophy and then to apply those concepts in discussion of investment ideas and portfolio management.

Our objective is to establish and grow a community of like-minded investors who can help each other, via free and truthful speech (hence the name), seek and share knowledge of all forms, test their ideas and hypotheses and dispassionately pursue the truth, or at least the best possible thinking at that particular moment, within the crucible of public debate.

Our emblem is the alchemical symbol for the Philosopher’s Stone, selected not for its ability to turn base metals into gold (though that would be nice), but for its philosophical representations of the inner potential of the spirit and reason to evolve from a lower state of imperfection and vice to a higher state of enlightenment and of the systematic, disciplined pursuit of health, wealth and longevity. It represents our unending quest for betterment, pursuing an ever-moving, ever-greater state of perfection and truth that is always just on the horizon.

Our name, Parrhesia, is the Greek term for candid speech and speaking freely. Parrhesia, as the ancient Greeks understood it, was not just about freedom of speech, but also about an obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even (or some say, especially) at personal risk. It represents our embrace of candid, free and non-ideological speech in pursuit of our objective, especially when it is unpleasant to do so.

For a longer explanation of all of the above and what we are hoping to accomplish with this forum, we recommend that you read our introductory post, Welcome to Parrhesia Capital! If, after doing so, you still have questions or would like to learn more, feel free to contact us.