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  1. At last year's international Stoicon conference, I was invited to give a talk, which I titled "From The Cosmos To Cracks In Bread: Things of Beauty For Stoics". Here's the transcript of the talk and the Q&A.

    gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/
    #Stoicism #Beauty #Philosophy #Aesthetics #Seneca #Epictetus #Marcus #Aurelius

  2. «Σημείωσε πόσο φευγαλέα και ασήμαντη είναι η περιουσία του ανθρώπου — χθες ένα έμβρυο, αύριο μια μούμια ή στάχτη. Έτσι, για το εύρος του χρόνου που σου έχει ανατεθεί, ζήσε λογικά και αποχωρίσου τη ζωή χαρούμενα, όπως πέφτει η ώριμη ελιά, εξυμνώντας την εποχή που τη γέννησε και το δέντρο που την ωρίμασε».

    “Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man — yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.”

    Artwork: The Three Ages of Man
    Artist
    #Titian
    Year c. 1512–14
    Medium Oil on canvas
    Dimensions 90 cm × 150.7 cm (35 in × 59.3 in)
    Location National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

  3. Marcus Aurelius gives us several solid guidelines for dealing with people who deliberately do the wrong things. Here's a Sadler's Lectures podcast episode examining those in detail!

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Philosophy #Stoicism #Marcus #Aurelius #Ethics #BadPeople #Life

  4. Here's the last (for now) core concept video on a key idea in Marcus Aurelius. This one brings Stoic religious dimensions into thinking about doing injustice, lying, and giving in to pleasures and pains

    youtu.be/KP9Wg-HicUw
    #Video #Stoicism #Philosophy #Marcus #Aurelius

  5. In book 8 of his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius sets down reflections about whether or not he has lived as a philosopher, and reminds himself of what that entails. Here's a core concept video on that passage

    youtu.be/sM4YUHLKSTY
    #Video #Marcus #Aurelius #Philosophy #Stoicism

  6. Here's another core concept video on a key insight and practice Marcus Aurelius sets out in his Meditations, taking the things we encounter and analyzing them, so they lose some of their allure they otherwise might exert on us

    youtu.be/bjg_EouiOs0
    #Video #Stoicism #Philosophy #Marcus #Aurelius #Practice #Analysis

  7. Here is the next core concept video on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, this one on a theme running through the work as a whole. Whether it's providence or atoms (and randomness), we have a choice about our lives and values

    youtu.be/PtZY4yC7dbk
    #Marcus #Aurelius #Video #Stoicism #Epicureanism #Atoms #Providence #Philosophy

  8. Of the seven pieces I've written so far this busy month, this one - on Marcus Aurelius getting himself ready to deal with jerks in the morning - has drawn the most readers

    medium.com/p/2cf65e74dcc0
    #Marcus #Aurelius #Mindset #Insight #Stoicism #Philosophy #Meditations #Preparation

  9. The last chapter of book 9 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations contain a number of useful reflections about people doing wrong, and our own expectations. These can help us head off anger at people who do genuinely bad things

    youtu.be/sDHQFjZ9WDY
    #Stoicism #Video #Aurelius #Anger #Philosophy #Wrongdoing #BadPeople #Trust

  10. Here's a core concept video on three key passages in book 7 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations that can help us avoid becoming angry when others screw up by keeping some matters in mind!

    youtu.be/0A9_LHsKsn0
    #Video #Marcus #Aurelius #Anger #Stoicism #Pity #Mistakes #Philosophy #Ethics #Compassion

  11. One of the most often-brought-up ideas from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is our capacity to find a retreat within ourselves. Of course, we have to develop and prepare that inner space! Here's a new video discussing that idea

    youtu.be/ZJ0607A7qW0
    #Video #Philosophy #Marcus #Aurelius #Stoicism #Space #Retreat

  12. Here's the next core concept video on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, giving us another technique and set of considerations for anger management. Particularly when people stink . .

    youtu.be/Zgn35LHKhaQ
    #Marcus #Aurelius #Stoicism #Video #Anger #Reason #Rationality #Ethics #Philosophy

  13. Here's the next core concept video on a key passage in book 2 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, in which he outlines five common and avoidable ways we damage or degrade ourselves as human beings

    youtu.be/4w7U6EXsHxM
    #Marcus #Aurelius #Stoicism #Ethics #Philosophy #Mistakes #PersonalDevelopment

  14. We're looking at selected passages from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations in my Anger and Justice class and my Philosophy, Mindfulness, and Life class, and I've been producing new core concept videos on that text. Here's the first of those!

    youtu.be/i0vnSyJjLeE
    #Stoicism #Marcus #Aurelius #Philosophy #Anger #HumanNature #Ethics #Practice