Stoic Meditations

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454. Everyone is a good pilot if the weather is fair Sep 25, 2019

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In consoling Marcia, Seneca reminds her that one's virtue is on display when the universe challenges with adversity, not when life glides easily with a favoring current.

453. Challenging the cognitive component of our emotions Sep 24, 2019

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Our feelings may end up feeding upon their own bitterness, until the unhappy mind takes a morbid delight in grief. But we can challenge the cognitive component of our own emotions and move forward.

452. The path to a life worth living Sep 23, 2019

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Stoicism leads us to a life of benevolence toward other human beings, in pursuit of a constant refinement of our judgments and understanding of how the world actually works — so that we can more effectively live in it.

451. The first rule of Stoic Club Sep 20, 2019

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Plato said that "every soul is deprived of the truth against its will." Which means that we need to treat people who make mistakes with sympathy, not criticize and dismiss them.

450. Stoic epistemology and humility about knowledge Sep 19, 2019

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Cicero's reports a famous metaphor used by Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, to explain the progression from perception to assent to comprehension to knowledge. Which is then used as a reminder about the limits of our own knowledge.

449. Chrysippus on the various philosophies of life Sep 18, 2019

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According to Chrysippus, when it's all said and done, there are only three conceptions of the chief good for human beings.

448. Aristo, the Stoic dissenter Sep 17, 2019

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Aristo of Chios disagreed with the founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Citium, in pretty fundamental ways. A powerful reminder that Stoic philosophy isn't written in stone, and never was.

447. Always challenge your impressions Sep 15, 2019

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The basic Stoic psychological account of our desires and actions is a powerful guide to willfully change our behavior for the better.

446. Panaetius, the dissident Stoic Sep 13, 2019

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Let's learn why the middle-Stoic Panaetius disagreed on a major point of "physics" with the early Stoics: he didn't believe in divination!

445. Skeptics vs Stoics Sep 12, 2019

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The Academic Skeptics were one of the major rival schools to Stoicism. Yet, on the nature of human knowledge, and on what it means in practice, for everyday living, the two philosophies were not very far apart.

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