Stoic Meditations

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684. Objective situations and subjective judgments Aug 27, 2020

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Today I have got out of all trouble, or rather I have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside, but within and in my opinions.

683. Apply reason to social improvement Aug 26, 2020

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Labor not as one who is wretched, nor yet as one who would be pitied or admired; but direct your will to one thing only: to act or not to act as social reason requires.

682. Teach them or bear with them Aug 25, 2020

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If you are able, correct by teaching those who do wrong; but if you cannot, remember that indulgence is given to you for this purpose.

681. When peope do wrong they hurt themselves first Aug 24, 2020

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He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.

680. Pain, pleasure, and injustice Aug 21, 2020

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Our fear of pain and our desire for pleasure sometimes lead to injustice. Let that not be the case.

679. The nature of injustice Aug 20, 2020

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Marcus Aurelius thinks injustice is a type of impiety against the cosmos. Modern Stoics have updated the concept, since we don't believe the universe to be a sentient living being.

678. Setting up again what chance has overthrown Aug 19, 2020

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From a Stoic point of view, there is absolutely nothing more important in life than to exercise our virtue in order to help our fellow brothers and sisters of the human cosmopolis.

677. Help, instead of pity, others Aug 18, 2020

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The wise person will not pity others, but will help them and be of service to them, seeing that he is born to be a help to all people and a public benefit.

676. The ideal ruler Aug 17, 2020

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Seneca details the characteristics of the ideal ruler. We should look for the same in the people who govern us. And in ourselves.

675. Stoicism in the service of all Aug 14, 2020

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No school of philosophy is more gentle and benign, none is more full of love towards man or more anxious to promote the happiness of all.