The philosopher doctor

Philosophic doctrine, say the Stoics, falls into three parts: one physical, another ethical, and the third logical. Zeno of Citium was the first to make this division in his Exposition of Doctrine. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

19 Jan 20219min

Nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self delusion - Zeno --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

14 Jan 20215min

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

12 Jan 20217min

When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one’s energy, that one’s modesty, another’s generosity, and so on. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we’re practically showered with them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

7 Jan 20216min

A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

5 Jan 20215min

Whoever then understands what is good, can also know how to love; but he who cannot distinguish good from bad, and things which are neither good nor bad from both, can he possess the power of loving? To love, then, is only in the power of the wise. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

31 Dec 202012min

I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

29 Dec 20207min

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestoicsage/support

22 Dec 202010min