He writes: “The Stoics felt that animals were there for human use, including for the use of food. This isn’t to say that the Stoics would have been in favor of factory farming or animal abuse. The Stoics thought that animals had souls, not like a human’s, but a soul nonetheless....
and it’s also the path of self-reliance, is, understanding one’s self. One way that he did that was through journal writing. He turned inward, as did the ancient stoics, in his journal, and exploring his inner life, asking himself the kinds of deep questions that we ...
Buddhists and Stoics both warn against attachment. Philosophy 5 Min Read Plato’s Theory of Forms and Its Significance Today Plato only gradually developed his Theory of Forms. Emotions 3 Min Read Did the Greeks Really Have 7 or 8 Words for Love? It's a popular misconception that ...
english was my favorite subject when i was a middle school student. i felt so cool when i won the first prize of nepcs in 1997. after that everyone said to me:“hey,why not become an english teacher?” so i did!actually, i liked teaching very soon. i like teaching and learning with...
Stoics had a practice called “flipping the obstacle,” where they would brainstorm different ways to see difficult obstacles as opportunities. Give this a try net time something “bad” happens in your business. Client doesn’t payyou all you’re owed?
Winston Churchill was famously afraid of going to bed at the end of the day having not created, written or done anything that moved his life forward “Every night,” he wrote, “I try myself by Court Martial to see if I have done anything effective during the day. I don’t mean ...
SANTOS: What did Abby say? DUCKWORTH: She said to go see a therapist. “Go see a therapist,” are four excellent words of advice. But I was very disappointed at the time. And you know what, Laurie? I wish I had listened to her, because it took me a couple more decades to re...
For this reason, the Stoics were big on habits and routines. In a world where so much is out of our control, committing to a routine we do control, they said, was a way of establishing and reminding ourselves of our own power. Without a disciplined schedule, procrastination inevitably move...
” As we have already discussed, the Stoics were indeed determinists, but distinguished a number of causes at work in the universe, and when it comes to human behavior they made the point that some of these causes are external (and hence truly outside of our control), but some are ...
8. Be Truthful To Yourself. Loving yourself requires you to be truthful about your own feelings. If you are happy, acknowledge the joy. If you are sad, acknowledge the sorrow. When you are truthful about your feelings, you do not try to lie to yourself or seek to bury your negative em...