Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Stoic philosophy reflections • Ancient wisdom • Handling adversity • Moral guidance • Personal growth • Virtue ethics • Managing emotions • Rational thinking • Life perspectives • Ethical living
"Stoic Meditations" is a podcast that immerses listeners in the philosophical teachings of Ancient Greek and Roman thinkers, as interpreted by Professor Massimo Pigliucci. The podcast delves into various perennial themes central to Stoic philosophy, exploring how these ancient wisdoms can be applied to contemporary life challenges. Throughout the episodes, listeners encounter reflections on virtue, the nature of good and evil, and the importance of aligning one’s will with the natural order.
A recurring theme in the podcast is the Stoic notion of controlling one's perceptions and judgments. Many episodes emphasize the importance of distinguishing between what is within our control and what is not, a fundamental Stoic tenet. For instance, the discussions often revolve around maintaining mental resilience and composure in the face of external adversities, such as insults, grief, loss, and life's inherent unpredictability.
The podcast also frequently touches on practical ethics, advising on right action and moral character. Episodes cover the nuances of human behavior and societal interactions, advocating for personal integrity, non-attachment, and the prioritization of internal values over external possessions or statuses. This is echoed in reflections on everyday activities, from social interactions to personal habits, where the emphasis is placed on philosophical mindfulness and ethical living.
Listeners are also introduced to the Stoic approaches to emotional regulation and mental tranquility. Through meditations on acceptance, logic, and the premeditation of adversities, the episodes encourage a balanced state of mind and resilience against life's fluctuating fortunes. The exploration of wisdom is prominent, with references to historical figures such as Epictetus, Seneca, and Chrysippus, illustrating their teachings on coping with life's trials and the pursuit of wisdom and virtue.
Overall, the podcast offers insightful contemplations aimed at enhancing one's philosophical outlook on life, grounded in the profound teachings of Stoic philosophy.
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Episodes:
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1094. The Olympics have already started!
2022-Aug-23
2 minutes
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1093. Homer and Chrysippus
2022-Aug-22
2 minutes
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1092. Don't judge others
2022-Aug-19
2 minutes
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1091. Non sequiturs
2022-Aug-18
2 minutes
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1090. Every cup has two handles
2022-Aug-17
2 minutes
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1089. Of insults and logic
2022-Aug-16
3 minutes
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1088. Wrong priorities
2022-Aug-15
2 minutes
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1087. Conversation and company
2022-Aug-12
2 minutes
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1086. Grief and loss
2022-Aug-11
2 minutes
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1085. Money
2022-Aug-10
2 minutes
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1084. On insults
2022-Aug-09
2 minutes
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1083. Do not groan inwardly
2022-Aug-08
2 minutes
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1082. The fundamental tradeoff
2022-Aug-05
2 minutes
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1081. Your reservoir of virtues
2022-Aug-04
2 minutes
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1080. The path to peace
2022-Aug-03
2 minutes
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1079. The use of impressions
2022-Aug-02
2 minutes
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1078. Facts vs value judgments
2022-Aug-01
2 minutes
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1077. You should always have two goals in mind
2022-Jul-28
2 minutes
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1076. Remember, we are all mortals
2022-Jul-27
2 minutes
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1075. Question your impressions
2022-Jul-26
2 minutes
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1074. The fundamental rule of life
2022-Jul-25
4 minutes
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1073. Virtue is the only good
2022-Jul-22
3 minutes
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1072. What Nature has given us
2022-Jul-21
2 minutes
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1071. The Stoic deterministic universe
2022-Jul-20
3 minutes
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1070. We should seek out life's challenges
2022-Jul-19
2 minutes
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1069. It doesn't matter what you bear, but how you bear it
2022-Jul-18
2 minutes
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1068. No evil can befall a good person
2022-Jun-17
3 minutes
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1067. The Stoic argument from design
2022-Jun-16
3 minutes
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1066. Stoic R&R
2022-Jun-15
3 minutes
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1065. Democritus vs Heraclitus
2022-Jun-14
2 minutes
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1064. Stoic non-attachment
2022-Jun-13
2 minutes
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1063. The reserve clause
2022-May-31
2 minutes
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1062. The problem with busyness
2022-May-30
2 minutes
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1061. What do we labor for?
2022-May-27
2 minutes
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1060. The premeditatio malorum
2022-May-26
3 minutes
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1059. It's a matter of attitude
2022-May-25
2 minutes
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1058. How many books? How many authors?
2022-May-24
2 minutes
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1057. The real value of things
2022-May-23
2 minutes
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1056. Whereby Seneca praises Diogenes
2022-May-20
2 minutes
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1055. The problem with too much wealth
2022-May-19
2 minutes
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1054. Be careful the company you keep
2022-May-18
2 minutes
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1053. What we do is a preferred indifferent, how we do it is not
2022-May-17
2 minutes
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1052. Careful about what and why you commit yourself to
2022-May-16
2 minutes
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1051. Consider how much or how little you can do
2022-May-06
2 minutes
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1050. Be a good citizen
2022-May-05
2 minutes
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1049. Wisdom and age
2022-May-04
2 minutes
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1048. Serving the cosmopolis
2022-May-03
2 minutes
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1047. A very good question
2022-May-02
2 minutes
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1046. Don't flee from yourself
2022-Apr-28
2 minutes
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1045. Is tranquillity of mind really a good thing?
2022-Apr-27
2 minutes
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1044. On public service
2022-Apr-26
2 minutes
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1043. Seneca's life style
2022-Apr-25
3 minutes
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1042. Chrysippus' cylinder
2022-Apr-22
3 minutes
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1041. The three basic positions on free will
2022-Apr-21
2 minutes
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1040. Carneades on free will
2022-Apr-20
2 minutes
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1039. Co-causality
2022-Apr-19
2 minutes
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1038. The lazy argument
2022-Apr-15
3 minutes
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1037. Self-caused free will?
2022-Apr-14
2 minutes
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1036. The Epicurean swerve
2022-Apr-13
2 minutes
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1035. Different kinds of causality?
2022-Apr-12
3 minutes
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1034. On free will: Chrysippus vs Cicero
2022-Apr-11
3 minutes
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1033. Ethics and morality are the same thing
2022-Apr-08
2 minutes
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1032. On magnanimity
2022-Apr-07
2 minutes
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1031. The importance of memory
2022-Apr-06
2 minutes
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1030. Socrates' cloak
2022-Apr-05
2 minutes
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1029. The problem with being ultra-wealthy
2022-Apr-04
3 minutes
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1028. Useful vs leisure knowledge
2022-Apr-01
3 minutes
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1027. Memorize reminders to be ready to act
2022-Mar-31
3 minutes
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1026. Gratitude irrespective of reputation
2022-Mar-30
2 minutes
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1025. A long list of dangerous fools
2022-Mar-29
3 minutes
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1024. Some things are worth much more than the asking price
2022-Mar-28
3 minutes
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1023. You don't own anything
2022-Mar-25
3 minutes
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1022. Ungrateful politicians
2022-Mar-24
2 minutes
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1021. Sick stomach, sick mind
2022-Mar-23
2 minutes
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1020. Instinctive vs conscious actions
2022-Mar-22
2 minutes
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1019. Diogenes and Alexander
2022-Mar-21
2 minutes
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1018. The reserve clause
2022-Mar-18
2 minutes
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1017. Seneca, the Skeptic?
2022-Mar-17
2 minutes
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1016. Of sages and torture
2022-Mar-16
3 minutes
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1015. The two fundamental human strengths
2022-Mar-15
2 minutes
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1014. Even bad people appreciate virtue
2022-Mar-14
2 minutes
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1013. The duty to help others and the providential nature of the universe
2022-Mar-11
2 minutes
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1012. God = Nature = Fate = Cause & Effect
2022-Mar-10
2 minutes
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1011. Two criticisms of Seneca
2022-Mar-09
2 minutes
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1010. The difference between a mere parent and a good parent
2022-Mar-08
2 minutes
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1009. On slavery
2022-Mar-07
2 minutes
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1008. No deadline for gratefulness
2022-Mar-04
2 minutes
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1007. Virtue and the law
2022-Feb-28
2 minutes
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1006. Contentedness vs ambition
2022-Feb-25
2 minutes
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1005. Should we complain to the gods?
2022-Feb-24
2 minutes
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1004. The sources of ingratitude
2022-Feb-23
2 minutes
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1003. When we should decline a benefit to help a friend
2022-Feb-22
2 minutes
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1002. Benefits should be freely received
2022-Feb-21
2 minutes
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1001. Sometimes the right thing to do is to say no
2022-Feb-18
2 minutes
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1000. Be an anonymous benefactor
2022-Feb-17
2 minutes
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999. Don't let generosity degenerate into extravagance
2022-Feb-16
2 minutes
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998. A hierarchy of needs and benefits
2022-Feb-15
2 minutes
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997. Do we make moral progress?
2022-Feb-14
2 minutes
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996. Why are you doing what you are doing?
2022-Feb-11
2 minutes
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995. It is the thought that counts
2022-Feb-10
2 minutes
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994. The many forms of benefits
2022-Feb-09
2 minutes
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993. The book-keeping of benefits is simple
2022-Feb-08
2 minutes
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992. Good deeds, or their fruits?
2022-Feb-07
2 minutes
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991. The right attitude for gift giving
2022-Feb-04
2 minutes
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990. The importance of benefits
2022-Feb-03
2 minutes
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989. The story of Marcus Atilius Regulus
2022-Feb-02
3 minutes
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988. Apply the rule! What follows?
2022-Feb-01
2 minutes
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987. Let's hear it from Chrysippus
2022-Jan-31
3 minutes
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986. What are we born for?
2022-Jan-28
3 minutes
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985. The axioms of your ethics
2022-Jan-27
2 minutes
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984. How to treat so-called foreigners
2022-Jan-26
2 minutes
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983. Justice is instrumental to good living
2022-Jan-25
2 minutes
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982. Tyrannicide and friendship
2022-Jan-24
3 minutes
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981. Socratic vs ataraxic schools
2022-Jan-21
3 minutes
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980. The conflict between virtue and benefits
2022-Jan-20
2 minutes
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979. Self-seeking politicians
2022-Jan-19
2 minutes
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978. We must apologize for our offenses
2022-Jan-18
2 minutes
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977. The duty to help the poor
2022-Jan-17
2 minutes
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976. Political theory, not just virtue
2022-Jan-13
2 minutes
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975. Virtue and human society
2022-Jan-12
3 minutes
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974. The morally right vs the expedient
2022-Jan-11
3 minutes
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973. Dogmatists vs Skeptics
2022-Jan-10
3 minutes
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972. Philosophy, the most useful pursuit
2022-Jan-05
2 minutes
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971. If you can't do politics, do philosophy
2022-Jan-03
2 minutes
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970. Practical duties
2021-Dec-28
2 minutes
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969. The virtue of temperance
2021-Dec-24
2 minutes
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968. Making important decisions early in life
2021-Dec-22
2 minutes
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967. Four aspects of our character
2021-Dec-20
2 minutes
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966. What about sports and play?
2021-Dec-16
2 minutes
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965. The harmony of character and behavior
2021-Dec-15
2 minutes
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964. Justice and anger are incompatible
2021-Dec-14
2 minutes
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963. The two rules of good government
2021-Dec-13
2 minutes
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962. On running for political office
2021-Dec-10
2 minutes
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961. On money
2021-Dec-09
2 minutes
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960. The right kind of courage
2021-Dec-08
2 minutes
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959. The art of a duty calculator
2021-Dec-07
2 minutes
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958. The most powerful fellowship
2021-Dec-06
2 minutes
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957. Is your act truly a kind one?
2021-Dec-03
2 minutes
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956. How to do acts of kindness
2021-Dec-02
2 minutes
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955. Don’t be a traitor to social life
2021-Dec-01
2 minutes
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954. A cautious defense of private property
2021-Nov-30
2 minutes
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953. How to become more human
2021-Nov-29
2 minutes
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952. Two common errors
2021-Nov-23
2 minutes
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951. The four sources of morality
2021-Nov-22
2 minutes
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950. Living according to reason
2021-Nov-19
2 minutes
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949. Three types of moral question
2021-Nov-18
2 minutes
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948. Practice must accompany theory
2021-Nov-17
2 minutes
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947. Virtue vs pleasure
2021-Nov-16
3 minutes
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946. The importance of moral duties
2021-Nov-15
2 minutes
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945. Let your character be brave, not harsh
2021-Nov-11
2 minutes
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944. Write about your loved ones
2021-Nov-10
2 minutes
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943. Loss as a universal equalizer
2021-Nov-09
2 minutes
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942. The universe is not after you, personally
2021-Nov-08
2 minutes
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941. Redirect your thoughts
2021-Nov-05
2 minutes
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940. No such a thing as a premature death
2021-Nov-04
2 minutes
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939. On loan from the universe
2021-Nov-03
2 minutes
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938. The dead do not suffer
2021-Nov-02
2 minutes
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937. Literature will save your soul
2021-Nov-01
3 minutes
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936. What would your loved one who passed away wish for you?
2021-Oct-28
2 minutes
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935. Do not let grief fester
2021-Oct-27
2 minutes
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934. The wish for immortality is the height of selfishness
2021-Oct-26
2 minutes
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933. On universal impermanence
2021-Oct-25
2 minutes
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932. The dangers of superstition
2021-Oct-22
2 minutes
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931. Methodological naturalism
2021-Oct-21
3 minutes
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930. Never underestimate the power of chance
2021-Oct-20
2 minutes
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929. On the vagueness of prophecy
2021-Oct-19
2 minutes
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928. Heredity, not stars and planets
2021-Oct-18
2 minutes
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927. On astrology
2021-Oct-15
3 minutes
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926. The nature of philosophy
2021-Oct-14
2 minutes
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925. On cherry picking
2021-Oct-13
2 minutes
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924. Two common explanations of “extraordinary” events
2021-Oct-12
2 minutes
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923. On epistemic humility
2021-Oct-11
2 minutes
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922. Ordinary explanations for extraordinary events
2021-Oct-08
3 minutes
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921. The scientific turn in understanding the world
2021-Oct-07
2 minutes
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920. Follow Hannibal, not a piece of ox-meat
2021-Oct-06
2 minutes
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919. Sometimes coincidences as just that
2021-Oct-05
3 minutes
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918. Philosophy vs pseudoscience
2021-Oct-04
2 minutes
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917. The proper place of sarcasm
2021-Oct-01
2 minutes
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916. How, exactly, do you know that?
2021-Sep-30
2 minutes
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915. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
2021-Sep-29
3 minutes
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914. Trust science, not mysticism
2021-Sep-28
2 minutes
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913. When the problem is real, you don't go to a soothsayer
2021-Sep-27
2 minutes
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912. The proper attitude of a Skeptic
2021-Sep-24
2 minutes
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911. Why write about philosophy
2021-Sep-23
2 minutes
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910. The Stoics and Laplace's demon
2021-Sep-22
2 minutes
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909. The world is regulated by cause and effect
2021-Sep-01
2 minutes
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908. Socrates' daimon
2021-Aug-31
2 minutes
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907. Two problems with Stoicism
2021-Aug-30
2 minutes
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906. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
2021-Aug-27
2 minutes
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905. Epicurus was right after all!
2021-Aug-26
2 minutes
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904. The argument from celebrity
2021-Aug-25
2 minutes
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903. One problem with Stoic epistemology
2021-Aug-24
2 minutes
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902. The Venus throw
2021-Aug-23
3 minutes
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901. Good and bad reasons to reject a claim
2021-Aug-20
2 minutes
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900. Stoic disagreements
2021-Aug-19
2 minutes
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899. Shall we accept the opinion of the many?
2021-Aug-18
3 minutes
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898. The best days of our lives
2021-Aug-17
2 minutes
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897. The proper attitude toward grief
2021-Aug-16
2 minutes
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896. Use virtuous reason as your shield
2021-Aug-13
2 minutes
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895. On over-consumption
2021-Aug-12
2 minutes
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894. On gourmet food
2021-Aug-05
2 minutes
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893. Two precious things we always carry with us
2021-Aug-04
2 minutes
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892. Don't get cocky with Fortune
2021-Aug-03
2 minutes
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891. Look out for Fortune's blows
2021-Aug-02
2 minutes
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890. Happiness regardless of circumstances
2021-Jul-30
2 minutes
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889. What really makes us wiser
2021-Jul-29
2 minutes
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888. On the last path to freedom
2021-Jul-28
2 minutes
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887. What to do if you are deaf
2021-Jul-27
2 minutes
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886. Focus on what you can do, not on what you can't
2021-Jul-26
2 minutes
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885. On exile and cosmopolitanism
2021-Jul-23
3 minutes
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884. The time Plato almost lost his life
2021-Jul-22
2 minutes
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883. On walking before dinner
2021-Jul-21
2 minutes
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882. Socrates the non-consumerist
2021-Jul-20
2 minutes
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881. Three kinds of goods
2021-Jul-19
2 minutes
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880. Many schools, many takes
2021-Jul-16
3 minutes
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879. The philosophical problem with pain
2021-Jul-15
2 minutes
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878. Damocles' sword and the nature of happiness
2021-Jul-14
3 minutes
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877. An argument in favor of virtue as guarantor of a happy life
2021-Jul-13
3 minutes
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876. How to evaluate philosophical systems
2021-Jul-12
2 minutes
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875. Why virtue is necessary and sufficient for happiness
2021-Jul-09
4 minutes
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874. The importance of Socrates
2021-Jul-08
3 minutes
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873. The first philosopher
2021-Jul-07
3 minutes
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872. Do not catastrophize
2021-Jul-06
2 minutes
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871. Is virtue sufficient for a happy life?
2021-Jul-05
3 minutes
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870. If anger is natural, what's wrong with it?
2021-Jul-02
2 minutes
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869. Redirect your mind toward useful things
2021-Jul-01
2 minutes
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868. The meaning of true love
2021-Jun-30
2 minutes
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867. Your (mature) emotional response is up to you
2021-Jun-29
2 minutes
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866. Think about how others endure adversity
2021-Jun-28
3 minutes
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865. Philosophy is the cure
2021-May-31
3 minutes
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864. The problem with grief
2021-May-28
2 minutes
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863. Anger is good only when it's fake
2021-May-27
2 minutes
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862. Virtue is a kind of knowledge
2021-May-26
2 minutes
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861. Courage does not require anger
2021-May-25
2 minutes
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860. Why Aristotle was wrong about moderating vice
2021-May-24
2 minutes
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859. Virtue is right reason
2021-May-21
3 minutes
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858. Disharmony of the mind
2021-May-20
2 minutes
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857. Apply the Socratic remedy
2021-May-19
2 minutes
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856. The importance of temperance
2021-May-18
2 minutes
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855. Envy, malevolence, and delight
2021-May-17
2 minutes
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854. Challenging your incorrect emotions
2021-May-14
2 minutes
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853. The nature of fear
2021-May-13
2 minutes
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852. The nature of volition
2021-May-12
2 minutes
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851. Perturbations of the mind
2021-May-10
3 minutes
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850. What is apatheia?
2021-May-07
2 minutes
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849. Five philosophical takes on grief
2021-May-06
3 minutes
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848. Grief is an opinion
2021-May-05
2 minutes
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847. Philosophical contradictions
2021-May-04
2 minutes
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846. Willing grief away
2021-May-03
3 minutes
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845. Facts vs judgments
2021-Apr-30
2 minutes
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844. Comfort by comparison
2021-Apr-29
2 minutes
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843. Cicero vs the Epicureans, part II
2021-Apr-28
3 minutes
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842. Cicero vs the Epicureans
2021-Apr-27
2 minutes
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841. Music or Socrates?
2021-Apr-26
2 minutes
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840. Should we contemplate future adversity?
2021-Apr-23
2 minutes
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839. Being prepared for anything
2021-Apr-22
2 minutes
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838. Why and how to overcome grief
2021-Apr-21
3 minutes
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837. The four fundamental disturbances of the mind
2021-Apr-20
3 minutes
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836. Pity vs envy
2021-Apr-19
2 minutes
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835. The absurdity of envy
2021-Apr-16
2 minutes
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834. Is grief a form of cowardice?
2021-Apr-15
3 minutes
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833. Lust and anger
2021-Apr-14
2 minutes
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832. Everyone but the sage is mad
2021-Apr-13
3 minutes
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831. Diseases of the mind
2021-Apr-12
2 minutes
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830. On fame
2021-Apr-09
2 minutes
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829. Natural virtue?
2021-Apr-08
3 minutes
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828. Who we really are
2021-Apr-07
3 minutes
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827. The power of acting right
2021-Apr-06
2 minutes
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826. Posidonius talks about pain
2021-Apr-05
3 minutes
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825. Dionysius the Renegade
2021-Apr-02
3 minutes
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824. Epaminondas, one of the most excellent men who ever lived
2021-Apr-01
2 minutes
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823. When Zeno bit the tyrant
2021-Mar-31
2 minutes
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822. Pain and mental attitude
2021-Mar-30
2 minutes
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821. Better to be a sick person with integrity than a healthy lier
2021-Mar-29
2 minutes
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820. How to learn to bear pain
2021-Mar-26
2 minutes
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819. The crucial importance of patience
2021-Mar-25
2 minutes
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818. Courage vs pain
2021-Mar-24
3 minutes
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817. Should we ban the poets?
2021-Mar-23
2 minutes
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816. On bearing pain
2021-Mar-22
2 minutes
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815. Pleasure, pain, virtue
2021-Mar-19
2 minutes
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814. Is pain the worst of all evils?
2021-Mar-18
2 minutes
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813. The real philosophical life
2021-Mar-17
2 minutes
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812. The benefits of the philosophical life
2021-Mar-16
2 minutes
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811. Philosophers should be open to being wrong
2021-Mar-15
2 minutes
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810. Philosophy underlies everything else
2021-Mar-12
3 minutes
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809. Others are coping, so can you
2021-Mar-11
2 minutes
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808. Be careful what you wish for, especially with Apollo
2021-Mar-10
2 minutes
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807. Rites for the dead, care for the living
2021-Mar-09
2 minutes
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806. A Cynic reason to donate your organs after you die
2021-Mar-08
2 minutes
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805. The tiny insects that live one day
2021-Mar-05
2 minutes
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804. The deal Nature has struck with us
2021-Mar-04
2 minutes
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803. The difference between facts and judgments
2021-Mar-03
2 minutes
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802. As happy as Metellus?
2021-Mar-02
3 minutes
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801. The right time to die
2021-Mar-01
3 minutes
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800. The real reason we are afraid of death
2021-Feb-26
3 minutes
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799. What Socrates said about death
2021-Feb-25
2 minutes
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798. On the rationality of grief
2021-Feb-24
3 minutes
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797. Two possibilities for the afterlife
2021-Feb-23
2 minutes
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796. On the nature of the soul
2021-Feb-22
3 minutes
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795. Nature's bargain
2021-Feb-19
3 minutes
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794. The symmetry argument
2021-Feb-18
3 minutes
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793. Are you so silly as to believe in Cerberus and Sisyphus?
2021-Feb-17
3 minutes
|
792. On true friendship
2021-Feb-16
2 minutes
|
791. Get better today, not tomorrow
2021-Feb-15
2 minutes
|
790. You are not perfect, so what?
2021-Feb-12
2 minutes
|
789. Just pay attention, will you?
2021-Feb-11
3 minutes
|
788. How would you like death to find you?
2021-Feb-10
2 minutes
|
787. The real value of things
2021-Feb-09
2 minutes
|
786. Pay attention to the cosmic trainer
2021-Feb-08
2 minutes
|
785. What sort of thirst do you have?
2021-Feb-05
3 minutes
|
784. Take care of your prohairesis
2021-Feb-04
2 minutes
|
783. The distinctiveness of philosophy
2021-Feb-03
2 minutes
|
782. Be charitable toward other people's shortcomings
2021-Feb-02
2 minutes
|
781. Do you have the skills?
2021-Feb-01
2 minutes
|
780. Don't use fancy words, describe the facts
2021-Jan-29
2 minutes
|
779. Pretend you are in exile
2021-Jan-28
2 minutes
|
778. The judgment of others
2021-Jan-27
2 minutes
|
777. Are you a fox or a lion?
2021-Jan-26
2 minutes
|
776. The difference between an amateur and a craftsman
2021-Jan-25
2 minutes
|
775. The real value of people, and apples
2021-Jan-22
2 minutes
|
774. Developing a better understanding of things
2021-Jan-21
2 minutes
|
773. Our obsession with control
2021-Jan-20
2 minutes
|
772. Just pay attention
2021-Jan-19
2 minutes
|
771. What did you lose, and what did you gain?
2021-Jan-11
3 minutes
|
770. Changing friends
2021-Jan-08
2 minutes
|
769. The problem with hyper-consumerism
2021-Jan-07
2 minutes
|
768. Natural goodness
2021-Jan-06
2 minutes
|
767. What truly belongs to you
2021-Jan-05
2 minutes
|
766. Learning the art of living
2021-Jan-04
2 minutes
|
765. The true nature of freedom
2021-Jan-01
2 minutes
|
764. Not bad person lives a happy life
2020-Dec-31
2 minutes
|
763. The purpose of philosophizing
2020-Dec-30
2 minutes
|
762. The three types of philosophy of life
2020-Dec-29
2 minutes
|
761. Do something for posterity
2020-Dec-28
2 minutes
|
760. Achieve balance in life
2020-Dec-24
2 minutes
|
759. Put to practice your inquiring disposition
2020-Dec-23
2 minutes
|
758. How to better serve the human cosmopolis
2020-Dec-22
2 minutes
|
757. Just do your part
2020-Dec-21
2 minutes
|
756. The axiom of futility
2020-Dec-18
2 minutes
|
755. Should we get involved in politics?
2020-Dec-17
2 minutes
|
754. Stoicism is not written in stone
2020-Dec-16
3 minutes
|
753. There are different ways to be useful to the human cosmopolis
2020-Dec-15
2 minutes
|
752. Set your own priorities, don't slavishly follow other people's
2020-Dec-14
2 minutes
|
751. How much leisure time do you have, and what do you do with it?
2020-Dec-11
3 minutes
|
750. Everything changes, act accordingly
2020-Dec-10
2 minutes
|
749. No point in finding faults
2020-Dec-09
2 minutes
|
748. Putting things, and people, in perspective
2020-Dec-08
2 minutes
|
747. Theory and practice
2020-Dec-07
2 minutes
|
746. Always use reason and you'll achieve serenity
2020-Dec-04
2 minutes
|
745. How to become magnanimous
2020-Dec-03
2 minutes
|
744. Just pay attention, will you?
2020-Dec-02
2 minutes
|
743. We are part of the universe and have duties toward fellow human beings
2020-Dec-01
2 minutes
|
742. How to engage people in a discussion
2020-Nov-30
2 minutes
|
741. The link between rationality and sociability
2020-Nov-27
2 minutes
|
740. The Stoics got divination wrong, but cause-effect right
2020-Nov-25
3 minutes
|
739. Isn't the eye the most sophisticated thing you've ever seen?
2020-Nov-24
2 minutes
|
738. The universe is not the result of random events
2020-Nov-23
2 minutes
|
737. Reason and wisdom, or chance and necessity?
2020-Nov-20
2 minutes
|
736. Is the universe governed by wisdom?
2020-Nov-19
3 minutes
|
735. Different conceptions of the gods
2020-Nov-18
3 minutes
|
734. On the movement of the planets
2020-Nov-17
3 minutes
|
733. The cosmos is neither living nor endowed with mind
2020-Nov-16
2 minutes
|
732. Is the world wise?
2020-Nov-13
3 minutes
|
731. Like from like, nothing from nothing
2020-Nov-12
2 minutes
|
730. Zeno tries to demonstrate that the cosmos are capable of reason
2020-Oct-30
2 minutes
|
729. Chrysippus accepts a faulty premise
2020-Oct-29
3 minutes
|
728. Four (bad) arguments for the existence of the gods
2020-Oct-28
3 minutes
|
727. Two bad arguments for the existence of gods
2020-Oct-27
3 minutes
|
726. Divination, anyone?
2020-Oct-26
2 minutes
|
725. Obviously, the universe is guided by an intelligence. Or is it?
2020-Oct-23
2 minutes
|
724. Look less critically at others, and a bit more critically at yourself
2020-Oct-22
2 minutes
|
723. Careful not to underestimate the power of Fortune
2020-Oct-21
2 minutes
|
722. Ready for bad stuff to happen, but preferring the good stuff
2020-Oct-20
2 minutes
|
721. Be at ease wherever you find yourself
2020-Oct-19
2 minutes
|
720. Why wealth is not a good
2020-Oct-16
2 minutes
|
719. People's social status doesn't matter
2020-Oct-15
2 minutes
|
718. On rational giving
2020-Oct-14
2 minutes
|
717. No one condemned wisdom to poverty
2020-Oct-13
3 minutes
|
716. On the desirability of wealth
2020-Oct-12
2 minutes
|
715. Tall or short, it doesn't matter
2020-Oct-09
2 minutes
|
714. Rich, and yet a philosopher?
2020-Oct-08
2 minutes
|
713. The basic precepts of a good Stoic life
2020-Oct-07
2 minutes
|
712. When an Epicurean goes Stoic
2020-Oct-06
3 minutes
|
711. Aspiring to a life of virtue while being a fallible human being
2020-Oct-05
2 minutes
|
710. I'm not a sage, but I get better every day
2020-Oct-02
2 minutes
|
709. Between Cynicism and Aristotelianism
2020-Oct-01
2 minutes
|
708. Are you controlling your pleasures, or the other way around?
2020-Sep-30
2 minutes
|
707. The real problem with Epicureanism
2020-Sep-29
3 minutes
|
706. The balance between pleasure and virtue
2020-Sep-28
2 minutes
|
705. Why are you asking for more?
2020-Sep-25
2 minutes
|
704. Virtue is its own reward
2020-Sep-24
2 minutes
|
703. Harmonize your mind
2020-Sep-23
2 minutes
|
702. Pleasure is the companion, not the essence, of life
2020-Sep-22
2 minutes
|
701. The difference between pleasure and virtue
2020-Sep-21
2 minutes
|
700. Reason is the only thing that will make you truly happy
2020-Sep-18
2 minutes
|
699. There is no happiness without truth
2020-Sep-17
2 minutes
|
698. Do away with hope and fear
2020-Sep-16
2 minutes
|
697. Fortune vs virtue
2020-Sep-15
2 minutes
|
696. Pursue the pleasures of life, in moderation
2020-Sep-14
2 minutes
|
695. Don't follow blindly what other say, no matter how famous they are
2020-Sep-11
2 minutes
|
694. Don't go after fool's gold
2020-Sep-10
2 minutes
|
693. Living by reason, not by imitation of others
2020-Sep-09
2 minutes
|
692. What is happiness anyway?
2020-Sep-08
2 minutes
|
691. Do not wish for impossible things
2020-Sep-07
2 minutes
|
690. Do not wait for Plato's Republic
2020-Sep-04
2 minutes
|
689. Either god or randomness
2020-Sep-03
2 minutes
|
688. Do not concern yourself with other people's opinions
2020-Sep-02
2 minutes
|
687. Negative and positive actions on behalf of the cosmopolis
2020-Sep-01
2 minutes
|
686. Everything changes
2020-Aug-31
2 minutes
|
685. The importance of our ruling faculty
2020-Aug-28
2 minutes
|
684. Objective situations and subjective judgments
2020-Aug-27
2 minutes
|
683. Apply reason to social improvement
2020-Aug-26
2 minutes
|
682. Teach them or bear with them
2020-Aug-25
2 minutes
|
681. When peope do wrong they hurt themselves first
2020-Aug-24
2 minutes
|
680. Pain, pleasure, and injustice
2020-Aug-21
2 minutes
|
679. The nature of injustice
2020-Aug-20
3 minutes
|
678. Setting up again what chance has overthrown
2020-Aug-19
2 minutes
|
677. Help, instead of pity, others
2020-Aug-18
2 minutes
|
676. The ideal ruler
2020-Aug-17
2 minutes
|
675. Stoicism in the service of all
2020-Aug-14
2 minutes
|
674. The opposite of mercy is cruelty
2020-Aug-13
2 minutes
|
673. The nature and importance of mercy
2020-Aug-12
2 minutes
|
672. When cruelty becomes pleasure
2020-Aug-11
2 minutes
|
671. Let us be more forgiving
2020-Aug-10
2 minutes
|
670. The right and the wrong times to use violence
2020-Aug-07
2 minutes
|
669. People can change, and so can we
2020-Aug-06
2 minutes
|
668. The tyrant will not be able to hide
2020-Aug-05
2 minutes
|
667. Beware of the corruption of the justice system
2020-Aug-04
2 minutes
|
666. Do not support leaders who drag their office into the mud
2020-Aug-03
2 minutes
|
665. War is cruelty on a massive scale
2020-Jul-31
2 minutes
|
664. When you hurt others, you hurt yourself
2020-Jul-30
2 minutes
|
663. Seneca and the Peter Parker principle
2020-Jul-29
2 minutes
|
662. Let us err on the side of clemency
2020-Jul-28
2 minutes
|
661. Clemency helps the innocent and the virtuous
2020-Jul-27
2 minutes
|
660. Is Nero going to "forget" his character?
2020-Jul-24
2 minutes
|
659. Seneca offers himself as a mirror for Nero's soul
2020-Jul-23
3 minutes
|
658. Overcome your fear of death and you will be free and powerful
2020-Jul-22
2 minutes
|
657. What is and is not up to us
2020-Jul-21
2 minutes
|
656. Consider how much control you have, and what follows from that
2020-Jul-20
2 minutes
|
655. You can get better immediately, it's up to you
2020-Jul-17
2 minutes
|
654. If you are in Gyara, live as one who is in Gyara
2020-Jul-16
2 minutes
|
653. How to practice and what to practice
2020-Jul-15
2 minutes
|
652. Do not wish for figs in winter
2020-Jul-14
2 minutes
|
651. Stoics have a duty to work toward social and political change
2020-Jul-13
2 minutes
|
650. Why should we be good?
2020-Jul-10
2 minutes
|
649. Enjoy figs in the summer, don't wish for them in the winter
2020-Jul-09
2 minutes
|
648. Practicing philosophy is like going to the doctor's office
2020-Jul-08
2 minutes
|
647. Focus on the deed, not the praise
2020-Jul-07
2 minutes
|
646. Your roles in life
2020-Jul-06
3 minutes
|
645. The ultimate locus of your freedom
2020-Jul-03
2 minutes
|
644. Who are you, anyway?
2020-Jul-02
3 minutes
|
643. It's about deeds, not words
2020-Jul-01
2 minutes
|
642. A philosophy needs to be digested properly, not just vomited
2020-Jun-30
2 minutes
|
641. Reframing problems into training exercises
2020-Jun-29
2 minutes
|
640. When the universe sends you a sparring partner
2020-Jun-26
2 minutes
|
639. Don't make yourself a salve of others
2020-Jun-25
2 minutes
|
638. What is truly good or bad
2020-Jun-24
2 minutes
|
637. Examine your values carefully
2020-Jun-23
2 minutes
|
636. The character gap
2020-Jun-22
2 minutes
|
635. The fine trappings of a horse
2020-Jun-19
2 minutes
|
634. Are you alone or lonely?
2020-Jun-18
2 minutes
|
633. Ask your impressions for the right password
2020-Jun-17
2 minutes
|
632. How to deal with a difficult relative
2020-Jun-16
2 minutes
|
631. What is always within your power
2020-Jun-15
2 minutes
|
630. Philosophical journaling
2020-Jun-12
2 minutes
|
629. The problem with wealth is that it doesn't guarantee you a sound mind
2020-Jun-11
2 minutes
|
628. That is tyranny, not government
2020-Jun-10
2 minutes
|
627. Argue less, practice more
2020-Jun-09
2 minutes
|
626. What do you like to tend to?
2020-Jun-08
2 minutes
|
625. Contemplating your final activity
2020-Jun-05
2 minutes
|
624. Facts don't come with judgments attached to them
2020-Jun-04
2 minutes
|
623. The raw material of the good person
2020-Jun-03
2 minutes
|
622. We need to be human beings, not statues
2020-Jun-02
2 minutes
|
621. The three disciplines of Epictetus
2020-Jun-01
2 minutes
|
620. Socrates and Alcibiades
2020-May-29
2 minutes
|
619. Give yourself a break (from externals)
2020-May-28
2 minutes
|
618. Free yourself from the fickleness of others
2020-May-27
2 minutes
|
617. Pay attention to the ledger of your life
2020-May-26
2 minutes
|
616. How to avoid a wretched life
2020-May-25
2 minutes
|
615. On the futility of war
2020-May-22
3 minutes
|
614. Past, present, and future
2020-May-21
2 minutes
|
613. The immortality of philosophy
2020-May-20
2 minutes
|
612. Try some true friends instead
2020-May-19
2 minutes
|
611. Have a conversation with Socrates or Epicurus
2020-May-18
2 minutes
|
610. Spend time in good company
2020-May-15
3 minutes
|
609. On the treatment of humans and animals
2020-May-14
2 minutes
|
608. How to properly go to the barber
2020-May-13
2 minutes
|
607. The three periods of life
2020-May-12
2 minutes
|
606. How to get to old age
2020-May-11
2 minutes
|
605. Live in the here and now
2020-May-08
2 minutes
|
604. Postponement is the greatest waste of life
2020-May-07
2 minutes
|
603. Are you on a voyage, or just tossed about by the currents of life?
2020-May-06
2 minutes
|
602. Learning how to live, and how to die
2020-May-05
2 minutes
|
601. Set aside time to better yourself
2020-May-01
2 minutes
|
600. Time to change your plans, right now
2020-Apr-30
2 minutes
|
599. Time vs money
2020-Apr-29
2 minutes
|
598. Much of your life is not up to you
2020-Apr-28
2 minutes
|
597. Life is long enough
2020-Apr-27
2 minutes
|
596. On the shortness of life
2020-Apr-24
2 minutes
|
595. We ought to take care of everyone
2020-Apr-23
2 minutes
|
594. The problem with luxury
2020-Apr-22
2 minutes
|
593. The importance of experience and self-control
2020-Apr-21
2 minutes
|
592. Think about the long term consequences of your actions
2020-Apr-20
2 minutes
|
591. The philosophy school is like the doctor's office
2020-Apr-17
2 minutes
|
590. You made the only mistake you could possibly make
2020-Apr-16
2 minutes
|
589. What we should concern ourselves with
2020-Apr-15
2 minutes
|
588. How to save $1000 by challenging impressions.
2020-Apr-14
2 minutes
|
587. Patterning ourselves after Zeus
2020-Apr-13
3 minutes
|
586. Don't try to reason with those who can't hear
2020-Apr-10
2 minutes
|
585. Take care of your mind just like you do of your body
2020-Apr-09
2 minutes
|
584. Practice what you preach
2020-Apr-08
2 minutes
|
583. On being useful to others
2020-Apr-07
2 minutes
|
582. Make your last choice while you still can
2020-Apr-06
2 minutes
|
581. Shameful speech undermines your character
2020-Apr-03
2 minutes
|
580. Pain vs pleasure
2020-Apr-02
2 minutes
|
579. The importance of self-control
2020-Apr-01
2 minutes
|
578. Criticizing tyrants is not enough
2020-Mar-31
2 minutes
|
577. Live in the here and now
2020-Mar-30
2 minutes
|
576. The interplay between nature and wisdom
2020-Mar-27
2 minutes
|
575. What wisdom is for
2020-Mar-26
2 minutes
|
574. Live according to nature
2020-Mar-25
3 minutes
|
573. The virtues of sound reasoning and scientific understanding
2020-Mar-24
3 minutes
|
572. On friendship
2020-Mar-23
2 minutes
|
571. Our social duties
2020-Mar-20
3 minutes
|
570. On private property
2020-Mar-19
2 minutes
|
569. Sociability, not pleasure
2020-Mar-17
2 minutes
|
568. Expanding our circle of concerns
2020-Mar-16
3 minutes
|
567. On suicide
2020-Mar-13
3 minutes
|
566. On fame: Chrysippus agrees with Diogenes
2020-Mar-12
2 minutes
|
565. Why some indifferents are preferred
2020-Mar-11
3 minutes
|
564. Stoicism, Cynicism, and Aristotelianism
2020-Mar-10
3 minutes
|
563. The drowning man metaphor
2020-Mar-09
2 minutes
|
562. More on Aristotelians vs Stoics
2020-Mar-06
3 minutes
|
561. On pain and mind
2020-Mar-05
2 minutes
|
560. Aristotelianism vs Stoicism
2020-Mar-04
3 minutes
|
559. Intentions vs consequences
2020-Mar-03
3 minutes
|
558. Living according to nature
2020-Mar-02
2 minutes
|
557. Why a good life is a moral life
2020-Feb-28
3 minutes
|
556. The chief good is the moral good
2020-Feb-27
2 minutes
|
555. The metaphor of the archer
2020-Feb-25
3 minutes
|
554. The mixed roots of virtue
2020-Feb-25
2 minutes
|
553. Things that have value outside of virtue
2020-Feb-24
2 minutes
|
552. Our natural delight in the use of reason
2020-Feb-20
3 minutes
|
551. The root of virtue: self love
2020-Feb-19
3 minutes
|
550. The crucial importance of technical words
2020-Feb-18
2 minutes
|
549. Virtue vs pleasure
2020-Feb-17
3 minutes
|
548. Teach or endure
2020-Feb-14
2 minutes
|
547. Two scenarios for the after-death
2020-Feb-13
2 minutes
|
546. What is properly ours and what is not
2020-Feb-12
2 minutes
|
545. Of bitter cucumbers and thorny briars
2020-Feb-11
2 minutes
|
544. The inner citadel
2020-Feb-10
2 minutes
|
543. The courage to stay
2020-Feb-07
2 minutes
|
542. Value judgments are not inherent in things
2020-Feb-06
2 minutes
|
541. Achieving ataraxia
2020-Feb-05
2 minutes
|
540. On fame, posthumous or not
2020-Feb-04
2 minutes
|
539. Three things to care about
2020-Feb-03
2 minutes
|
538. The nuanced conflict between pleasure and virtue
2020-Jan-31
2 minutes
|
537. How not to get overwhelmed by problems
2020-Jan-30
2 minutes
|
536. A prepared mind is a mark of wisdom
2020-Jan-29
2 minutes
|
535. The true meaning of human freedom
2020-Jan-28
2 minutes
|
534. When it comes to people insulting you, you are in complete control
2020-Jan-27
2 minutes
|
533. The insult conundrum
2020-Jan-24
2 minutes
|
532. The best way to respond to insults
2020-Jan-23
2 minutes
|
531. Rich people are worse than beggars
2020-Jan-22
2 minutes
|
530. On the invulnerability of the wise person
2020-Jan-21
2 minutes
|
529. Is sagehood possible?
2020-Jan-20
2 minutes
|
528. How to react to both prosperity and adversity
2020-Jan-17
2 minutes
|
527. The simplified dichotomy of control
2020-Jan-16
2 minutes
|
526. The meaning of invulnerability
2020-Jan-15
2 minutes
|
525. We are free no matter what
2020-Jan-14
2 minutes
|
524. The path to virtue is not as steep as some may think
2020-Jan-13
2 minutes
|
523. The joke's on the thief
2020-Jan-10
2 minutes
|
522. The importance of logic
2020-Jan-09
2 minutes
|
521. Humanity's problems stem from ignorance
2020-Jan-08
2 minutes
|
520. Practice, practice, practice
2020-Jan-07
2 minutes
|
519. Don't behave like a sheep or a wild beast
2020-Jan-06
3 minutes
|
518. The power of using impressions
2020-Jan-02
2 minutes
|
517. What if you were sent to Gyara?
2019-Dec-30
2 minutes
|
516. The wonder and curse of consciousness
2019-Dec-27
2 minutes
|
515. Microcosm and macrocosm
2019-Dec-26
2 minutes
|
514. The true nature of humanity
2019-Dec-23
2 minutes
|
513. Going on a trip? Here's what's up to you (and what isn't)
2019-Dec-20
2 minutes
|
512. What really matters
2019-Dec-19
2 minutes
|
511. The crucial importance of trust
2019-Dec-18
2 minutes
|
510. Prosoche, or Stoic attention
2019-Dec-17
2 minutes
|
509. Better swallow the bitter pill from the get go
2019-Dec-16
2 minutes
|
508. Don't get lost in the details and miss the big picture
2019-Dec-13
2 minutes
|
507. Don't confuse a rest stop with your destination
2019-Dec-12
2 minutes
|
506. Anger is a waste of time
2019-Dec-11
2 minutes
|
505. The simplest and bets trick in life: be prepared
2019-Dec-10
2 minutes
|
504. How to keep a philosophical journal
2019-Dec-09
3 minutes
|
503. The problem is money
2019-Dec-06
2 minutes
|
502. Examine your balance sheet of giving and receiving
2019-Dec-05
2 minutes
|
501. Envy is the root of much unhappiness
2019-Dec-04
2 minutes
|
500. Treat fools like fools, don't get angry with them
2019-Dec-03
2 minutes
|
499. The futility of revenge
2019-Dec-02
2 minutes
|
498. Understand and forgive
2019-Nov-29
2 minutes
|
497. I have entrusted the guidance of my life to reason
2019-Nov-27
2 minutes
|
496. On magnanimity
2019-Nov-26
2 minutes
|
495. Act the opposite of anger
2019-Nov-25
2 minutes
|
494. Abstain from action when under the spell of anger
2019-Nov-22
2 minutes
|
493. Humor, not anger
2019-Nov-21
2 minutes
|
492. Practical steps to curb your anger
2019-Nov-20
2 minutes
|
491. Be careful with the company you keep
2019-Nov-19
2 minutes
|
490. Anger betrays what is best in humanity
2019-Nov-18
2 minutes
|
489. The difference between anger and other negative emotions
2019-Nov-15
3 minutes
|
488. The awful things we do when angered
2019-Nov-14
2 minutes
|
487. It takes two to have a fight
2019-Nov-13
2 minutes
|
486. On revenge and retaliation
2019-Nov-12
2 minutes
|
485. Think of everything, expect everything
2019-Nov-11
3 minutes
|
484. Don't rush to judgment, give time to reason to do its work
2019-Nov-08
2 minutes
|
483. We have other people’s vices before our eyes, and our own behind our backs
2019-Nov-07
2 minutes
|
482. It is foolish to be angry at your computer
2019-Nov-06
2 minutes
|
481. Fake anger vs real anger
2019-Nov-05
2 minutes
|
480. Reason and goodness are candles in the dark
2019-Nov-04
2 minutes
|
479. Forgiveness first and foremost
2019-Nov-01
2 minutes
|
478. The nature of emotions
2019-Oct-31
2 minutes
|
477. The difference between reason and anger
2019-Oct-30
2 minutes
|
476. Anger is not a weapon, it's a liability
2019-Oct-29
2 minutes
|
475. A good judge condemns wrongful acts, but does not hate them
2019-Oct-28
2 minutes
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474. Don't be angry, be useful
2019-Oct-25
2 minutes
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473. Anger is like drunkenness, it doesn't help
2019-Oct-24
2 minutes
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472. Why are love and a sense of justice not enough?
2019-Oct-23
2 minutes
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471. The three movements of anger
2019-Oct-22
2 minutes
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470. Anger is a short madness
2019-Oct-21
3 minutes
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469. Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go
2019-Oct-18
2 minutes
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468. The difference between impressions and assent
2019-Oct-17
2 minutes
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467. Begin to reckon age, not by years, but by virtues
2019-Oct-16
2 minutes
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466. No one dies too soon
2019-Oct-15
2 minutes
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465. Go through life like a traveler stopping at an inn
2019-Oct-14
2 minutes
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464. Sometimes people live too long for their own good
2019-Oct-11
2 minutes
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463. On the nature of death
2019-Oct-10
3 minutes
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462. Do not fear the netherworld, don't listen to the fantasies of poets and priests
2019-Oct-07
2 minutes
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461. Nature is fair in her bargains
2019-Oct-04
2 minutes
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460. The common lot of mortals
2019-Oct-03
2 minutes
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459. Women are just as capable as men of achieving eudaimonia
2019-Oct-02
3 minutes
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458. Which is the better lot, to be happy for a short time or not at all?
2019-Oct-01
3 minutes
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457. No regrets, only thankfulness
2019-Sep-30
2 minutes
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456. Pay attention to the setbacks of others
2019-Sep-27
2 minutes
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455. Reasonable vs unreasonable grief
2019-Sep-26
2 minutes
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454. Everyone is a good pilot if the weather is fair
2019-Sep-25
2 minutes
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453. Challenging the cognitive component of our emotions
2019-Sep-24
2 minutes
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452. The path to a life worth living
2019-Sep-23
2 minutes
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451. The first rule of Stoic Club
2019-Sep-20
2 minutes
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450. Stoic epistemology and humility about knowledge
2019-Sep-19
3 minutes
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449. Chrysippus on the various philosophies of life
2019-Sep-18
2 minutes
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448. Aristo, the Stoic dissenter
2019-Sep-17
3 minutes
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447. Always challenge your impressions
2019-Sep-15
3 minutes
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446. Panaetius, the dissident Stoic
2019-Sep-13
3 minutes
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445. Skeptics vs Stoics
2019-Sep-12
2 minutes
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444. Chrysippus and the logic of paradoxes
2019-Sep-11
3 minutes
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443. Ignorance, knowledge, and things in between
2019-Sep-10
3 minutes
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442. Stoic materialism
2019-Sep-09
2 minutes
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441. Four interesting Stoic doctrines
2019-Sep-06
4 minutes
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440. What Zeno said
2019-Sep-05
3 minutes
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439. The importance of Socrates
2019-Sep-04
2 minutes
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438. The consolations of philosophy
2019-Sep-03
2 minutes
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437. Gods or atoms, you should blame no one
2019-Sep-02
2 minutes
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436. The problem with Paris (not the city)
2019-Aug-30
3 minutes
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435. That which is according to nature is the beginning of the good
2019-Aug-29
2 minutes
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434. Stoics vs Epicureans
2019-Aug-28
3 minutes
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433. Bad thoughts are like catchy tunes
2019-Aug-27
2 minutes
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432. Stoicism is not good for consumerism
2019-Aug-23
2 minutes
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431. How to tell a Stoic
2019-Aug-22
2 minutes
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430. The right attitude about the world
2019-Aug-21
3 minutes
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429. Everything tastes good if you are hungry
2019-Aug-20
2 minutes
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428. Anger is a self inflicted wound
2019-Aug-19
2 minutes
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427. A simple way to go right, many ways to go wrong
2019-Aug-16
2 minutes
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426. The balance between inner and outer resources
2019-Aug-15
2 minutes
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425. Ethics and human nature
2019-Aug-14
2 minutes
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424. What the virtues are for
2019-Aug-13
2 minutes
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423. The difference may be subtle
2019-Aug-12
2 minutes
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422. Of friendship, dogs, and meat thrown in the middle
2019-Aug-09
2 minutes
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421. The analogy between physical and mental health
2019-Aug-08
2 minutes
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420. Nothing is good which can be put to wrong use by any person
2019-Aug-07
2 minutes
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419. The difference separating Aristotelians, Stoics, and Cynics
2019-Aug-06
2 minutes
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418. Where's your stopping point?
2019-Aug-05
2 minutes
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417. Three disciplines to live a better life
2019-Aug-02
2 minutes
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416. A starving man despises nothing
2019-Aug-01
2 minutes
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415. Are you conducting yourself virtuously in your profession?
2019-Jul-31
2 minutes
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414. The hedonic treadmill will not make you happy
2019-Jul-30
2 minutes
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413. Fortune, I ask no favors of you
2019-Jul-29
2 minutes
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412. The playthings of children and the shackles of adults
2019-Jul-26
2 minutes
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411. The importance of not wasting time
2019-Jul-25
2 minutes
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410. The value of money, beauty, and high social position
2019-Jul-24
2 minutes
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409. Rationalizing is not the same thing as reasoning
2019-Jul-23
2 minutes
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408. How to tell whether you have achieved wisdom
2019-Jul-19
2 minutes
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407. Negative emotions are diseases, they are not good even in small measure
2019-Jul-18
2 minutes
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406. The true value of things
2019-Jul-17
3 minutes
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405. Are you a slave, a fool, or what?
2019-Jul-16
2 minutes
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404. The problem with fame, wealth and power
2019-Jul-11
2 minutes
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403. The problem with excessive wealth
2019-Jul-10
3 minutes
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402. Why are you doing what you are doing?
2019-Jul-09
2 minutes
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401. What brought down Alexander the Great
2019-Jul-08
2 minutes
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400. Who's got the time?
2019-Jul-05
2 minutes
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399. What's the difference between useful and useless?
2019-Jul-04
2 minutes
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398. The definition of courage
2019-Jul-03
2 minutes
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397. What are we talking about, and why?
2019-Jul-02
2 minutes
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396. On the vanity of mental gymnastics
2019-Jul-01
2 minutes
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395. Have you changed your mind yet?
2019-Jun-28
2 minutes
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394. Have you taken the easy step yet?
2019-Jun-27
2 minutes
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393. The difference between thinking and worrying
2019-Jun-26
2 minutes
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392. In a little time you will be like Hadrian and Augustus
2019-Jun-24
2 minutes
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391. Pick your virtue buddy
2019-Jun-21
2 minutes
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390. Thus the study of wisdom has become the study of words
2019-Jun-20
2 minutes
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389. Consider vegetarianism
2019-Jun-19
2 minutes
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388. On the best way to resist temptation
2019-Jun-18
2 minutes
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387. The fortune of everyone is molded by their character
2019-Jun-17
3 minutes
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386. The true hearer is ravished and stirred by the beauty of the subject matter, not by the jingle of empty words
2019-Jun-14
2 minutes
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385. Philosophy rubs off of you
2019-Jun-13
2 minutes
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384. That which you cannot reform, it is best to endure
2019-Jun-12
2 minutes
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383. No matter what trouble you mention, it has happened to many
2019-Jun-11
2 minutes
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382. What illusion about myself do I entertain?
2019-Jun-07
2 minutes
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381. What things you can be robbed of, and what things you can't
2019-Jun-06
2 minutes
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380. How to do a premeditation of adversity
2019-Jun-05
3 minutes
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379. Life is like a journey: some things that you don't like will be thrown at you
2019-Jun-04
2 minutes
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378. "Busyness" is no proof of happiness
2019-Jun-03
2 minutes
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377. People will do the same things even though you would burst with rage
2019-May-31
2 minutes
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376. The most important contribution to peace of mind is never to do wrong
2019-May-30
2 minutes
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375. What goads people into destroying other people?
2019-May-29
2 minutes
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374. No need to be Cato in order to practice virtue
2019-May-28
3 minutes
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373. The answer is always going to be "it depends"
2019-May-24
3 minutes
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372. Spend some time with Zeno and Socrates instead
2019-May-23
2 minutes
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371. The problem is that you are travelling with your emotions and are followed by your afflictions
2019-May-22
2 minutes
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370. If you travel in order to escape yourself, don't
2019-May-21
2 minutes
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369. We must suffer for the sake of those we love
2019-May-20
2 minutes
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368. Theory is fine, but useless if you don't practice
2019-May-17
2 minutes
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367. Remember what you should offer and what you should withhold
2019-May-16
2 minutes
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366. Humanity is what it is, not what we would like it to be
2019-May-15
2 minutes
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365. Your role model may be closer than you think
2019-May-14
2 minutes
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364. Virtue is all-or-nothing, and yet, we can make progress
2019-May-13
2 minutes
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363. Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do
2019-May-10
2 minutes
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362. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s account every day.
2019-May-09
2 minutes
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361. No sensation of evil can reach one who is dead
2019-May-08
2 minutes
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360. Not feeling pain would make us inhuman, not sages
2019-May-07
2 minutes
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359. The universe is morally neutral
2019-May-06
2 minutes
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358. Challenge your impressions, don't "just do it"
2019-May-03
3 minutes
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357. The view from above, Seneca style
2019-May-02
2 minutes
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356. What ought to be done must be learned from one who does it
2019-May-01
2 minutes
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355. If someone can withstand fire or exile, surely you can overcome something...
2019-Apr-30
3 minutes
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354. Don't suffer before it is necessary
2019-Apr-29
2 minutes
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353. The skill of the pilot is independent of the value of the cargo
2019-Apr-26
2 minutes
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352. The universe is morally neutral
2019-Apr-25
2 minutes
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351. A long life is like a long journey: there is bound to be rain and mud on the way
2019-Apr-24
2 minutes
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350. Want to be alive? Pay the taxes of life
2019-Apr-23
2 minutes
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349. Expand your circles of concern
2019-Apr-22
3 minutes
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348. It's far easier to change yourself than others
2019-Apr-19
2 minutes
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347. The problem with expensive meals
2019-Apr-18
2 minutes
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346. We should prosecute our politicians and generals
2019-Apr-17
2 minutes
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345. Seneca on war as human folly
2019-Apr-16
1 minute
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344. A surprisingly difficult simple precept
2019-Apr-15
2 minutes
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343. Happiness is an inside job
2019-Apr-12
3 minutes
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342. The proximity of good people is good for you
2019-Apr-11
2 minutes
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341. Repetition is useful
2019-Apr-10
2 minutes
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340. Approach your life all things considered
2019-Apr-09
3 minutes
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339. Seneca agrees with Ricky Gervais on the afterlife and the meaning of existence
2019-Apr-08
2 minutes
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338. Cut off anger at its inception
2019-Apr-05
2 minutes
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337. How long you live is not up to you, how you live is
2019-Apr-04
3 minutes
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336. Marcus Regulus and the hard core of Stoicism
2019-Apr-03
3 minutes
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335. Virtue is like the sun behind a cloud
2019-Apr-02
3 minutes
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334. The fanciness of your scabbard says nothing about the effectiveness of your sword
2019-Apr-01
2 minutes
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333. What does it mean to live every day as if it were your last?
2019-Mar-29
3 minutes
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332. The importance of sound judgment
2019-Mar-28
3 minutes
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331. How to achieve serenity
2019-Mar-27
2 minutes
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330. Virtue is the only good, naturally
2019-Mar-26
2 minutes
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329. Be aware of what you can and cannot change
2019-Mar-25
3 minutes
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328. How to shape your character
2019-Mar-22
2 minutes
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327. Welcoming Cicero to our line up
2019-Mar-21
3 minutes
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326. These are your choices
2019-Mar-20
3 minutes
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325. Can we really improve ourselves?
2019-Mar-19
3 minutes
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324. Wisdom as a better filter to examine your life
2019-Mar-18
2 minutes
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323. Marcus Aurelius and the chocolate cake
2019-Mar-15
3 minutes
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322. Stoicism and war
2019-Mar-14
3 minutes
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321. The three parts of philosophy
2019-Mar-13
3 minutes
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320. Concern yourself with careful living
2019-Mar-12
3 minutes
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319. Here's your top priority in life
2019-Mar-11
2 minutes
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318. In order to learn something new you need to forget what you think you already know
2019-Mar-08
2 minutes
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317. Seneca criticizes the institution of war
2019-Mar-07
3 minutes
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316. Wealth doesn't make you a better person
2019-Mar-06
2 minutes
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315. Chance events are not good for you
2019-Mar-05
3 minutes
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314. Much of what we have is superfluous
2019-Mar-04
2 minutes
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313. When to care, or not, about other people's opinions
2019-Mar-01
2 minutes
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312. Make your life the best it can be given the materials you are given
2019-Feb-28
2 minutes
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311. Everyone is a good pilot on a calm sea
2019-Feb-27
2 minutes
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310. Treat yourself as you would a sick friend
2019-Feb-26
2 minutes
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309. Moderate insanity is not a good thing
2019-Feb-25
2 minutes
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308. Planning is more important than worrying about outcomes
2019-Feb-22
2 minutes
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307. The orchestra of your mind
2019-Feb-21
3 minutes
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306. If you want to understand things, write them down
2019-Feb-20
2 minutes
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305. Read books, it's good for you
2019-Feb-19
2 minutes
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304. Pay attention to the past in order to tackle the future
2019-Feb-18
2 minutes
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303. Life is more like wrestling than dancing
2019-Feb-15
2 minutes
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302. Too much logic is not good for your health
2019-Feb-14
3 minutes
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301. Not all indifferents are created equal
2019-Feb-13
3 minutes
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300. The difference between Stoicism and stoicism
2019-Feb-12
3 minutes
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299. Be magnanimous toward others
2019-Feb-11
3 minutes
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298. Do you still need somebody to wipe your nose?
2019-Feb-08
3 minutes
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297. Virtue is its own reward
2019-Feb-07
3 minutes
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296. How much are you worth?
2019-Feb-06
2 minutes
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295. Get rid of fear of death and poverty
2019-Feb-05
3 minutes
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294. Three simple steps to live a good life
2019-Feb-04
3 minutes
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293. Why we need to focus on our own improvement
2019-Feb-01
2 minutes
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292. Fortuna is your sparring partner
2019-Jan-31
2 minutes
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291. Practical exercises in self-deprivation
2019-Jan-30
3 minutes
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290. Are you sick? You can be brave about it
2019-Jan-29
2 minutes
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289. Pay attention to the good parts of your life
2019-Jan-28
2 minutes
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288. Your "happiness" is up to you, really
2019-Jan-25
2 minutes
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287. What's a good reason to endure hardship?
2019-Jan-24
2 minutes
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286. Turn regrets into learning opportunities
2019-Jan-23
2 minutes
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285. Everything depends on opinion
2019-Jan-22
2 minutes
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284. 40 years or 10,000, makes little difference
2019-Jan-21
2 minutes
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283. On the importance of friendship
2019-Jan-18
1 minute
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282. Life's a play, act well
2019-Jan-17
2 minutes
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281. The asymmetry of being dead
2019-Jan-16
2 minutes
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280. Distribute your wealth like after a banquet
2019-Jan-15
2 minutes
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279. A little philosophy is a dangerous thing
2019-Jan-14
2 minutes
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278. Every good life is complete
2019-Jan-11
1 minute
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277. A prepared mind tackles adversity better
2019-Jan-10
2 minutes
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276. The real stature of people
2019-Jan-09
2 minutes
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275. Navigating between good and bad fortune
2019-Jan-08
2 minutes
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274. We are all going to die, but until then?
2019-Jan-07
2 minutes
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273. Would you buy a car based on its color?
2019-Jan-04
2 minutes
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272. Why virtue is the only good
2019-Jan-03
2 minutes
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271. Virtue will not fall upon you by chance
2019-Jan-02
2 minutes
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270. Bad judgment is a disease, Stoic practice is the cure
2019-Jan-01
2 minutes
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269. Change your mind, if reason prompts you
2018-Dec-31
2 minutes
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268. Practice, practice, practice
2018-Dec-28
3 minutes
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267. Here and now
2018-Dec-27
2 minutes
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266. How to behave during a storm at sea
2018-Dec-26
2 minutes
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265. Retreat into your Inner Citadel
2018-Dec-24
2 minutes
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264. Virtue, virtue, everywhere!
2018-Dec-21
2 minutes
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263. The length of a virtuous life does not matter
2018-Dec-20
2 minutes
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262. Love reason!
2018-Dec-19
2 minutes
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261. Don't be proud of things you didn't accomplish
2018-Dec-18
2 minutes
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260. And off they go, alleging slander!
2018-Dec-17
2 minutes
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259. What are you going to do with your luck?
2018-Dec-14
2 minutes
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258. Try inward happiness
2018-Dec-13
2 minutes
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257. Don't judge a pilot by the size of her ship
2018-Dec-12
2 minutes
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256. It is either extinction or change
2018-Dec-11
2 minutes
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255. Ambition is not a Stoic value
2018-Dec-07
2 minutes
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254. Avoid busyness
2018-Dec-06
2 minutes
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253. Don't be like a dog waiting for another morsel of meat
2018-Dec-05
2 minutes
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252. Of sickness and wisdom
2018-Dec-04
2 minutes
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251. Theory is easy, practice requires effort
2018-Dec-03
2 minutes
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250. Philosophy is a lifelong commitment
2018-Nov-30
2 minutes
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249. Instead of conquering the world, conquer yourself
2018-Nov-29
2 minutes
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248. In order to make progress you have to desire progress
2018-Nov-28
2 minutes
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247. In a few words: virtue is the only good
2018-Nov-27
2 minutes
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246. Be grateful for what you have, but don't get too attached to it
2018-Nov-26
2 minutes
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245. Sagehood is rare, but progress is up to us
2018-Nov-23
2 minutes
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244. Stoicism is not a "manly" philosophy
2018-Nov-21
1 minute
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243. Dining with a tyrant, are you?
2018-Nov-20
2 minutes
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242. No need to be anxious even in front of a king
2018-Nov-19
2 minutes
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241. Take the view from above
2018-Nov-16
2 minutes
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240. Not just endurance, but tranquillity of mind
2018-Nov-15
2 minutes
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239. Philosophy is serious business
2018-Nov-14
2 minutes
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238. Decide on the big picture, the details come later
2018-Nov-13
1 minute
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237. Seneca on suicide
2018-Nov-12
2 minutes
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236. The Stoic argument for the right to suicide
2018-Nov-09
2 minutes
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235. Life: it isn't about length, it's about quality
2018-Nov-08
2 minutes
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234. How to avoid temptation and practice virtue
2018-Nov-07
3 minutes
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233. We are all sick, but we can help each other
2018-Nov-06
2 minutes
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232. The difference between tranquillity and flat calm
2018-Nov-05
2 minutes
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231. Racism and Stoic compassion
2018-Nov-02
2 minutes
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230. Gelato and the Cynic wing of Stoicism
2018-Nov-01
2 minutes
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229. The most important mental trick of your life
2018-Oct-31
2 minutes
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228. The unity of virtue thesis
2018-Oct-30
2 minutes
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227. Tackle illness with virtue
2018-Oct-29
2 minutes
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226. Be prepared to endure prosperity
2018-Oct-26
1 minute
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225. Epictetus gets punched on the nose
2018-Oct-25
2 minutes
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224. The last day of Epicurus
2018-Oct-24
2 minutes
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223. All good people are equally worthy
2018-Oct-23
2 minutes
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222. Virtue is nothing but right reason
2018-Oct-22
2 minutes
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221. Be charitable toward others
2018-Oct-17
2 minutes
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220. Do like Socrates, have a dialogue instead of a dispute
2018-Oct-16
1 minute
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219. Love requires virtue, not externals
2018-Oct-15
2 minutes
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218. Rich vs poor
2018-Oct-12
2 minutes
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217. Joy vs pain
2018-Oct-11
1 minute
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216. What is virtue, anyway?
2018-Oct-10
2 minutes
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215. Talk to people like Socrates would
2018-Oct-09
2 minutes
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214. All virtues are related
2018-Oct-08
2 minutes
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213. What matters is how you handle things
2018-Oct-05
2 minutes
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212. Death is change and not to be feared
2018-Oct-04
2 minutes
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211. Let us celebrate those truly worth celebrating
2018-Oct-03
2 minutes
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210. I want something on which I may test my endurance
2018-Oct-02
2 minutes
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209. Whatever can happen at any time can happen today
2018-Oct-01
2 minutes
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208. Make friends, oppose Fortuna
2018-Sep-28
1 minute
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207. Nothing good comes out of a static universe
2018-Sep-27
2 minutes
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206. Don't make fun of others, be helpful
2018-Sep-26
2 minutes
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205. Practice self control to become more virtuous
2018-Sep-25
1 minute
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204. Enjoy your friends and loved ones, now
2018-Sep-24
2 minutes
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203. The Stoic approach to grief
2018-Sep-21
2 minutes
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202. Converse with the best minds, read a book
2018-Sep-20
2 minutes
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201. Are you really that busy?
2018-Sep-19
2 minutes
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200. Greed leads to unhappiness
2018-Sep-18
2 minutes
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199. How to think about life and death
2018-Sep-17
2 minutes
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198. Are you dead before the time, by your own choice?
2018-Sep-14
1 minute
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197. No matter what, keep your emerald color
2018-Sep-13
1 minute
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196. Epictetus asks a student a trick question...
2018-Sep-12
2 minutes
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195. The right thing to do is often painful
2018-Sep-11
1 minute
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194. On exotic food consumption
2018-Sep-10
2 minutes
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193. That which Fortuna has not given, she cannot take away
2018-Sep-07
2 minutes
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192. We all want lasting joy
2018-Sep-06
2 minutes
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191. Beware of flattery, it gets in the way of genuine progress
2018-Sep-05
2 minutes
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190. Practicing philosophy is like going to spiritual gym
2018-Sep-04
1 minute
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189. Adversity is just a gym to exercise your virtue
2018-Sep-03
2 minutes
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188. Old age, frail and not
2018-Aug-31
2 minutes
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187. Take care of your body, with temperance
2018-Aug-30
1 minute
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186. How to excel at being human
2018-Aug-29
2 minutes
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185. Where philosophy begins
2018-Aug-28
2 minutes
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184. We should study broadly in order to increase understanding
2018-Aug-27
2 minutes
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183. Choose your entertainment virtuously
2018-Aug-24
2 minutes
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182. Everything flows, so don't get attached
2018-Aug-23
2 minutes
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181. Always do what is in harmony with the common interest
2018-Aug-22
2 minutes
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180. Do you think you know the difference between good and bad?
2018-Aug-21
3 minutes
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179. The difference between proto-emotions and fully formed ones
2018-Aug-20
2 minutes
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178. How to get a good night's sleep
2018-Aug-17
2 minutes
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177. Self-sufficiency comes from inside, not from externals
2018-Aug-16
1 minute
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176. Death is like pre-birth: there is nothing to be feared
2018-Aug-15
1 minute
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175. Practice philosophy constantly, life doesn't stop
2018-Aug-14
2 minutes
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174. Learn from teachers who do, not just talk
2018-Aug-13
1 minute
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173. Compel Fortuna to play on equal terms
2018-Aug-10
2 minutes
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172. Pay attention to what others say, inhabit their minds
2018-Aug-09
1 minute
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171. Revenge is not justice
2018-Aug-08
1 minute
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170. What's the problem with the passions?
2018-Aug-07
2 minutes
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169. No pain no gain, says Musonius
2018-Aug-06
2 minutes
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168. You should live neither in a place of torture nor in a cafe
2018-Aug-03
2 minutes
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167. Philosophy may be painful or a pleasure, but it's worth it
2018-Aug-02
2 minutes
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166. Is the problem with the place, or with you?
2018-Aug-01
1 minute
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165. You want to change the world? Begin by changing yourself
2018-Jul-31
2 minutes
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164. A good life depends not on length, but on our use of it
2018-Jul-30
2 minutes
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163. What's really important in your life?
2018-Jul-27
2 minutes
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162. On the difference between philosophy and logic chopping
2018-Jul-26
1 minute
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161. Things themselves have no power to form our judgments
2018-Jul-25
2 minutes
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160. Reflect on the roles you play, and play them well
2018-Jul-24
3 minutes
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159. Won't you be my neighbor?
2018-Jul-23
2 minutes
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158. What do you think is truly good for you?
2018-Jul-20
1 minute
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157. On family matters, take the high moral ground
2018-Jul-19
1 minute
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156. Everyone who craves externals is a slave to them
2018-Jul-18
1 minute
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155. Calibrate your desires, achieve serenity
2018-Jul-17
2 minutes
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154. Don't buy a horse on the basis of its saddle
2018-Jul-13
2 minutes
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153. “They are slaves,” nay, rather they are people
2018-Jul-12
2 minutes
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152. Beware of the difference between friendship and flattery
2018-Jul-11
2 minutes
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151. Philosophy did not find Plato a nobleman, it made him one
2018-Jul-10
2 minutes
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150. What does your inner daimon say?
2018-Jul-09
1 minute
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149. How on earth did I get here?
2018-Jul-06
1 minute
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148. Fortune has no jurisdiction over character
2018-Jul-05
2 minutes
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147. Observe the goodness of those around you
2018-Jul-04
1 minute
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146. Whenever you yield to externals, you become their slave
2018-Jul-03
1 minute
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145. Our predecessors are our guides, not our masters
2018-Jul-02
2 minutes
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144. Be forgiving of liars and unjust people
2018-Jun-29
1 minute
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143. But I couldn't do otherwise! Yes, you could...
2018-Jun-28
2 minutes
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142. Make yourself happy through your own efforts
2018-Jun-27
2 minutes
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141. Above all, we are citizens of the world
2018-Jun-26
2 minutes
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140. Only the truly educated person is free
2018-Jun-25
2 minutes
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139. Would the Stoics approve of assisted suicide?
2018-Jun-22
2 minutes
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138. Being bad requires a lot of work
2018-Jun-21
2 minutes
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137. Teach them then, and show them without being angry
2018-Jun-20
2 minutes
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136. Go hug a philosopher, will you?
2018-Jun-19
2 minutes
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135. We belong to the world, not to a particular corner of it
2018-Jun-18
1 minute
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134. It's either gods or atoms...
2018-Jun-15
2 minutes
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133. Ethics is a practice, so do it
2018-Jun-14
2 minutes
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132. Moving will not help you, if your trouble is internal
2018-Jun-13
2 minutes
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131. The truth does you no harm, but error does
2018-Jun-12
2 minutes
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130. How Epictetus lost his lamp and the thief became a brute
2018-Jun-11
2 minutes
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129. Sound minds are hard to find, or buy
2018-Jun-08
2 minutes
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128. Annoyed by people? It's an opportunity to practice virtue
2018-Jun-07
1 minute
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127. Good judgments improve your character
2018-Jun-06
1 minute
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126. I may become poor, then I shall be among many
2018-Jun-05
2 minutes
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125. Always examine your assumptions
2018-Jun-04
1 minute
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124. Why do you care for the opinion of posterity?
2018-Jun-01
1 minute
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123. Good and evil are entirely up to you
2018-May-31
1 minute
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122. The glass is neither half full nor half empty, it just is
2018-May-30
1 minute
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121. Do not seek fame, seek to be useful to others
2018-May-29
2 minutes
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120. Nobody wants to believe falsehoods, and yet...
2018-May-28
2 minutes
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119. Think about bad stuff happening, get comfortable with it
2018-May-25
2 minutes
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118. After every disturbance, re-center yourself
2018-May-24
2 minutes
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117. Can you tell the difference between the baths and the mill?
2018-May-23
1 minute
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116. Some people get to the end without having lived at all
2018-May-22
1 minute
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115. Take care of your body, it helps your virtue
2018-May-21
1 minute
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114. No matter what, do your duty as a human being
2018-May-18
2 minutes
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113. Where are you going to hide from death?
2018-May-17
3 minutes
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112. Are you on the right path, or do you need a correction?
2018-May-16
2 minutes
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111. Think and act the right way, happiness will flow
2018-May-15
2 minutes
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110. What is philosophy, anyway?
2018-May-14
2 minutes
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109. What about pleasure?
2018-May-11
2 minutes
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108. If this were you last day, what would you be proud of?
2018-May-10
1 minute
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107. Respond to insults as if you were a rock
2018-May-09
2 minutes
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106. Above all, learn how to feel joy
2018-May-08
2 minutes
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105. The duty of a social animal capable of reason
2018-May-07
2 minutes
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104. Epictetus and the open door policy: Stoicism and suicide
2018-May-04
3 minutes
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103. Take truth wherever you find it, it's public property
2018-May-03
1 minute
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102. How to calibrate your moral compass
2018-May-02
2 minutes
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101. The universe is your trainer, get ready for the Olympics
2018-May-01
1 minute
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100. Changing your life doesn't happen by magic
2018-Apr-30
1 minute
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99. Practice poverty as an exercise in endurance and gratitude
2018-Apr-27
2 minutes
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98. Praise or blame do not make a thing better or worse
2018-Apr-26
2 minutes
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97. Focus on what is up to you, the rest may or may not come
2018-Apr-25
3 minutes
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96. Are you practicing, or just talking?
2018-Apr-24
2 minutes
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95. 15 minutes of fame? Why would you want that?
2018-Apr-23
2 minutes
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94. We all agree to do good, but disagree on what good is
2018-Apr-20
1 minute
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93. No cell phones at dinner, just friends
2018-Apr-19
2 minutes
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92. Death is coming, what are you doing in the meantime?
2018-Apr-18
1 minute
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91. Whose praise are you so desperately seeking?
2018-Apr-17
2 minutes
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90. Anger is temporary madness
2018-Apr-16
2 minutes
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89. Do you have reason? Why don't you use it, then?
2018-Apr-13
1 minute
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88. Is your mind in the dark, or are you just blind?
2018-Apr-12
1 minute
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87. Practice poverty to remind you of the important things
2018-Apr-11
2 minutes
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86. Change your mind, if others have better reasons
2018-Apr-10
1 minute
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85. A crown of roses looks better than one of gold
2018-Apr-09
1 minute
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84. How to handle the holidays, Stoically speaking
2018-Apr-06
1 minute
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83. Harm comes from opinion, take away the opinion, then
2018-Apr-05
2 minutes
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82. Practical philosophy is called practical for a reason
2018-Apr-04
2 minutes
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81. People do bad things because they are fools
2018-Apr-03
2 minutes
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80. Fate, God, or Chance, it doesn't really matter
2018-Apr-02
2 minutes
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79. What are you going to do today to improve the human polis?
2018-Mar-30
2 minutes
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78. Got a headache? Excellent opportunity to practice endurance!
2018-Mar-29
2 minutes
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77. Practical philosophy is not an oxymoron
2018-Mar-28
2 minutes
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76. The universe is transformation, life is opinion
2018-Mar-27
2 minutes
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75. Ultimately, it is always your decision
2018-Mar-26
2 minutes
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74. Take care of the body, but don't treat it as a temple
2018-Mar-23
2 minutes
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73. Fame is fickle, and irrelevant
2018-Mar-22
2 minutes
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72. Study logic, reason well about life
2018-Mar-21
1 minute
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71. Be afraid of the right things
2018-Mar-20
2 minutes
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70. How the Stoics saw women's education
2018-Mar-19
2 minutes
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69. Nobody does wrong voluntarily
2018-Mar-16
2 minutes
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68. Reason is the name of the game
2018-Mar-15
2 minutes
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67. The truth belongs to everyone
2018-Mar-14
1 minute
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66. The inner citadel of peace
2018-Mar-13
1 minute
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65. It takes time for a fig to ripe, or a character to mature
2018-Mar-12
2 minutes
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64. The advantages of old age
2018-Mar-09
2 minutes
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63. Fame is fleeting, focus on the here and now
2018-Mar-08
2 minutes
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62. Make sure you work on your faculty of judgment
2018-Mar-07
2 minutes
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61. Pick a role model
2018-Mar-06
2 minutes
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60. Philosophy as medicine for the mind
2018-Mar-05
2 minutes
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59. With great power comes great responsibility
2018-Mar-02
1 minute
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58. Keep a sound and upright soul, despise Fortune
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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57. Work for the public good
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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56. Judgments, Not Externals
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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55. It's All About Character
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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54. Do The Right Thing, Now
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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53. Opinions Cause Suffering
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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52. Beware Of The Company You Keep
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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51. We Are All Brothers & Sisters
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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50. Philosophy As A Way Of Life
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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49. Living According To Nature
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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48. Against Nationalism
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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47. Courage Requires Justice
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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46. Use Your Thoughts Well
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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45. Character Is Crucial
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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44. The point of philosophy is...
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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43. What happens after death?
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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42. Beware of superficial judgment
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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41. Wealth not a measure of worth
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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40. Don’t be an imbecile!
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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39. Radical idea: women's equality
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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38. Remember, everything passes
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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37. What good did you do today?
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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36. Beware of relying on luck
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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35. Keep your inner demon clean
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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34. Follow the counsel of reason
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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33. What counts as a good life?
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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32. What matters is the here & now
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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31. Doing beats complaining
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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30. On death & the value of life
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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29. What makes your life worth it?
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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28. Caring about your soul
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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27. True friendship is rare
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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26. We are all brothers & sisters
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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25. Practice, practice, practice!
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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24. Clean up your own thinking
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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23. Don’t argue with stones
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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22. On wealth and virtue
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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21. Use your time well...
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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20. Virtue is a matter of practice
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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19. Find wisdom wherever it is
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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18. Opinions cannot hurt you
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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17. On dealing with nasty people
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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16. Philosophy is about doing
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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15. Don’t sell your soul cheap!
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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14. Read well, not a lot
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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13. The duties of friendship
2018-Mar-01
2 minutes
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12. How to act toward others
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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11. Seneca on not wasting time
2018-Mar-01
1 minute
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10. Is the wise person self sufficient?
2018-Feb-28
2 minutes
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9. Take care of your mind, it's precious
2018-Feb-28
1 minute
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8. Don't do anything that requires a wall or a curtain
2018-Feb-28
2 minutes
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7. Time to die or to go lunch?
2017-Dec-30
1 minute
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6. Don’t postpone, life speeds by
2017-Dec-29
1 minute
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5. Useful vs pedantic knowledge
2017-Dec-27
1 minute
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4. Focus on what is in your power
2017-Dec-26
2 minutes
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3. Marcus on not getting offended
2017-Dec-24
2 minutes
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2. Epictetus on what is good
2017-Dec-22
1 minute
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1. Marcus is thankful
2017-Dec-21
1 minute
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