Stoic Paradox 2 - When Virtue Is Present, Nothing Will Be Lacking
In this episode, we look at Cicero's second Stoic paradox—that virtue is all that is needed for happiness.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatiss...
26 Jun 20244min
Gain Freedom From Envy With The Self-Consultation Technique
It’s a common disruption to our tranquility: putting someone else’s life on a pedestal compared to our own.We envy the apparent prosperity and happiness of others while losing sight of the things in o...
19 Jun 20247min
Guided Contemplation - Embrace Your Insignificance
A guided contemplation to help you reflect on a powerful idea from Stoicism: the notion that our insignificance isn't a bad thing.This idea can be liberating and transformative, guiding us toward grea...
12 Jun 20248min
Freedom Is Having A Mind Superior To Injury
"Liberty is having a mind superior to injury, a mind that makes itself the only source from which its pleasures spring, that separates itself from all external things, avoiding the unquiet life of one...
5 Jun 20245min
How To Acquire Something That Will Fortify You Every Day
"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly diges...
29 Mai 20245min
Stoic Paradox 1 - Virtue Is The Only True Good
In this episode, we look at Cicero's explanation of the Stoics' main guiding principle—that virtue is the only true good in life.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on S...
22 Mai 20246min
Renew Your Focus On, And Appreciation Of, The Present
"The present moment is enough for you,” Marcus Aurelius told himself in his Meditations.As Pierre Hadot wrote in his book Philosophy as a Way of Life, this had a double meaning:It is enough to keep yo...
15 Mai 20244min
The Molecular Pause - A Stoic Technique Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut
To help achieve the kind of mental freedom the Stoics enjoyed by worrying less about the opinions of others, I have constructed a short exercise that uses some imagery from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Break...
8 Mai 20247min
