#stoics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #stoics, aggregated by home.social.
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@MarvinTheMartian All these ‘entrepreneurial’ #stoics in #Russia will surely do quite well setting-up import-export businesses on both sides of the coming #SinoFinnishBorder. 😂
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Is the purpose of life to search for pleasure? For power? For meaning?. Viktor Frankl’s Man’s search for Meaning, The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) ‘Time Out’ and Whiplash (2014) by Damien Chazelle. Enjoy!
#philosophy #discovery #music #stoics #movies
https://www.keystonelearning.online/discovery/the-meaning-of-life/
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How #Stoicism hides in your favorite #superhero stories | Marc Bowker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HapiPAHVt9A
What if the #villains we’re really fighting aren’t out there—but in here?
#Anxiety. #Depression. #Selfdoubt. "In my #TEDx talk, I reveal how the ancient #wisdom of the #Stoics and the modern mythology of #superheroes helped me face those battles—and how you can become the hero of your own story."
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In essence, if any of histories great enlightenment males, like your Hemingways, Descartes and Aristotles saw what was going on, they'd recommend burning the system down to the ground.
When decadent, vein & degenerate males go on to a #podcast and abuse language by calling themselves "#stoic" (when the #stoics would have branded them as #narcissists, who the stoics said were the ones who destroyed #ancient #Greek #society), that's when we know the delusions and degeneracy #capitalism imposes.
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Finally caught the film #Flow last night and I now have loads of thoughts swirling in my head! Ideas about #ohana and #harmony with #nature (and #NaturalLaw), about how the #Stoics were wrong about humanity having an inherent depravity (but instead are burdened with the weight of morally considering our actions while lacking the proper perspective to understand that morality)… what an excellent little film worthy of its #Oscars win!
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Interesting strategies from our Stoic friends - How To Stay Sane In An INSANE World (12 Stoic Practices That Actually Work)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q8aeSgNe_q4&si=zZlCaeTxVJP5lsr0
#Stoicism #Stoics #Philosophy #Project2025 #Fascism #MAGA #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ChristianNationalism #ApartheidAmerica #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #Zombies -
So yesterday I wrote a blog post about the Stoic principle Memento Mori, or remember that you will die.
When I first learned about stoicism, the focus on death really bothered me, but now I have cancer I can see it as a way to push myself to live my best life.
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Stoicism and the Cardinal Virtues class meets for the first 90-minute session tomorrow. 14 students enrolled, so it'll be a lively discussion, I think! Still room for a few more if you want to learn a lot!
https://reasonio.teachable.com/p/stoicism-and-the-cardinal-virtues-wisdom-justice-courage-and-temperance
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@therobburgessshow All the #Stoics - Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius - teach good things. I recommend people to start with Ryan Holiday's 'The Daily Stoic' first to better understand #Stoicism.
Of course, as with all things, never go full fanboy.
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“In The Shallows” [2023], Yale Review (https://yalereview.org/article/becca-rothfeld-public-intellectuals).
#Book #Review #BookReview #Stoicism #Stoics #Philosophy #PopPhilosophy #SelfHelp
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Non est quod credas irascentium verbis, quorum strepitus magni, minaces sunt, intra mens pavidissima.
--Seneca, DE IRA
"There's no reason to trust the words of furious people. Their shouts, their threats are big; inside, their mind is quivering with fear."
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Starting tomorrow 10 AM Central Time! Our first 90-minute online class session focuses on Plato's dialogue on friendship, Lysis, as well the discussion of friends, enemies, & justice in Republic book 1. Open for enrollment!
https://reasonio.teachable.com/p/philosophy-and-friendship-ancient-thinkers-teaching-us-about-relationships
#Class #Friendship #Philosophy #Plato #Aristotle #Stoics #Epicureans #Cicero #Plutarch -
Discover the timeless wisdom of Stoicism in a modern context with "The Stoic Mind," an enlightening visual guide by GoLimitless and Addy Osmani https://leanpub.com/thestoicmind #books #philosophy #stoics
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"A society grows great when old men plant trees the shade of which they know they'll never sit in."
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Lessons for High School Graduates from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
Ra 61 b, Musée Saint-Raymond ToulouseMarcus Aurelius' Meditations is a timeless collection of philosophical reflections from one of history's greatest thinkers. As high school graduates embark on their journ
https://mikepaul.com/2023/05/24/lessons-for-high-school-graduates-from-marcus-aurelius-meditations/
#books #BooksIRead #graduates #HighSchool #MarcusAurelius #meditations #philosophy #stoicism #stoics #students -
So think about this.
The Roman Empire that #MarcusAurelius ruled so ably no longer exists ...
... but the philosophy he inherited from #Epictetus and codified for the ages (a #philosophy powerfully described in this video) endures.
"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."
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Stoic Origins of Western Occultism, Perennialism, Esoteric Hermeneutics & Magical Correspondences explored by Dr Justin Sledge of Esoterica
https://youtu.be/gx1av438mLY
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How Would You Define Stoicism in One Sentence?
Stoic philosophy is an elegant, versatile school of thought that can’t be summed up with just a few words. But if you were forced to describe Stoicism in one simple sentence, what would you write? We asked some well-known Stoic thinkers, and here’s what they said:
https://www.stoicsimple.com/modern-philosophers-simple-definition-stoicism/
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@thepoliticalcat for Philosophy, I'm more a Joseph Campbell #PowerOfMyth and Marcus Aurelius #Stoics kind of guy in my reading
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I distrust anyone who quotes the #Stoics. Most of the time, it’s because #Stoic #philosophy feeds into toxic #masculinity—and in my experience, atextual Stoic quotes are most often perpetrated by white men. Surprise!!! White men, quoting other white men abouting about the benefits of avoiding their emotions and avoiding being upset by things around them? Weird.
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"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." - Epictetus
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This year I've decided I will look into the #Stoics especially #Epictetus. This is from his "The Enchiridion".
I figure, why go to the East when the West also has Zen like offerings that more naturally fit Western mindsets? Besides, for me it is going back to my cultural roots.
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Attention is a special kind of resource -- more precious than #money or #time. #Attention is that from which all things flow -- what we pay attention to becomes our #reality. The #Stoics and the #Buddhists have it right, then, that the best investments one can make relate to enlarging awareness of one's attention.
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If you haven't figured it out by now, in addition to being all about #DevOps and #GitHub, I have been diving into the #stoics, as well as #mindfulness, for the past few years.
One of my resources around #stocism is the book "The Daily Stoic". Today's quote, from #seneca, really got to me:
"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time"
At 50 years old, this kinda hits home hard for me.