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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 20247min
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations (Book 12)
A reading of the twelfth book of Marcus Aurelius's twelve-book work.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. ...
1 Maj 202418min
A Stoic Micro Morning Meditation
☀️ This episode features a free example edition of my Micro Morning Meditations.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hoste...
24 Apr 20249min
How a Stoic Deals With Harsh Truths
When someone tells us a harsh truth, it may question our beliefs or behavior in a way that offends us.This episode explores how we can use the Stoic virtues to deal with harsh truths in a calm, detach...
17 Apr 20249min
