This page is a compilationof every interview guest’s answer to the question: “In terms of what the philosophy means to you, what is Stoicism?”
From understanding the core principles of stoicism to applying a stoic mindset in your modern life, these apps, sites, and podcasts have you covered.
But it can be hard to stick to this daily practice -- and to feel like you’re making progress -- in today's fast-paced and cluttered world, and especially when you're doing it all on your own. Based on Stoicism, the Agora iOS app provides a simple, minimal environment for daily ...
According to a likely apocryphal story, when he saw a child drinking water from his cupped hands, Diogenes threw his bowl away, seeing that he had been outdone in simple living by a child. Zeno of Citium started out as a Cynic before further developing his philosophy. Stoicism moderated some...
It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. Alan Watts As long as you remember that everything is exactly how it's supposed to be, you will always be sane. Alan Watts ...
ix), as in the case of shopaholics and fetishism. To summarize, needs carry biological significance; when needs are translated into demands, the surplus requirements constitute desires, which “take on the excess baggage of meanings over and above the level of brute, simple organic survival” (...
and I have concluded to my own satisfaction that a vegetarian diet is: (i) better in terms of the ethics of animal suffering (though not as good as a vegan one); (ii) better for the environment; (iii) not supportive of horrible labor practices that are commonly engaged in by large ag...
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality” When you read Seneca, you can’t help but feel humbled and empowered at the same time. Take this simple yet profound statement for instance:All cruelty springs from weakness. Here, Seneca hits the nail right on the head. ...
Skipping a whole lot of important steps (since the purpose of this post isn’t to argue for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus—let’s add that also to the list of “things for another time.”) the most plausible explanation in terms of power and scope is that Jesus was who...
able to seem to be become a myriad different things while it remains one. And in addition to blueness, and whiteness, and opacity, and warmth, other attributes the universe manifests more in some places than others include what we would call in modern terms sentience, self-awareness, and ...