Stoic Meditations

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74. Take care of the body, but don't treat it as a temple Mar 23, 2018

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Seneca says that it is incumbent on us to take care of our body, but that we should even be willing to destroy it, if virtue demands it.

73. Fame is fickle, and irrelevant Mar 22, 2018

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Marcus reminds us that the number of Facebook likes we get is irrelevant to our happiness.

72. Study logic, reason well about life Mar 21, 2018

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Epictetus reminds his students that without logic there is no serious talking about how to live the life worth living.

71. Be afraid of the right things Mar 20, 2018

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Seneca says that we often spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about the wrong sorts of things.

70. How the Stoics saw women's education Mar 19, 2018

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Musonius Rufus says in no uncertain terms that men and women are capable, and indeed deserve, the same education, including in philosophy.

69. Nobody does wrong voluntarily Mar 16, 2018

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Marcus Aurelius reminds us of one of the most difficult, and yet most profound, doctrines of Stoicism: nobody commits wrongs on purpose, but only because they lack understanding of good and evil.

68. Reason is the name of the game Mar 15, 2018

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Epictetus argues that the only way to criticize reason is by way of applying reason. There are no alternative facts for the Stoics.

67. The truth belongs to everyone Mar 14, 2018

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Seneca explains to his friend Lucilius why on earth he approvingly quotes one of the Stoics' main rivals, Epicurus.

66. The inner citadel of peace Mar 13, 2018

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Marcus Aurelius reminds himself that he can always retreat into what Pierre Hadot famously referred to as the Inner Citadel, our own mind, where we can pay attention to and refine our faculty of judgment.

65. It takes time for a fig to ripe, or a character to mature Mar 12, 2018

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Epictetus cautions us to be patient while working on improving our character. Nothing important comes into being overnight.

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