List: Stoicism | Curated by Hermes Solenzol

Feb 3, 2025
17 stories
Stoicism
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Practice like a Stoic: 1, Discover what’s really in your controlOn Epictetus’s fundamental rule of life
Feb 3
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Feb 3
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Epictetus and the wand of HermesDid you know that Stoicism confers a special kind of magical power?
Dec 4, 2024
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Dec 4, 2024
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On the worth of comedy and tragedyMarcus Aurelius reflects on the social relevance of drama
Jun 14, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
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Love, kindness, … and Stoicism?A reader asks what’s the relevance of Stoic philosophy to central aspects of our life. Here’s the answer
Jun 12, 2024
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Jun 12, 2024
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The problem of the perverseIf virtue is natural, how come that most people behave unvirtuously?
Jun 7, 2024
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Jun 7, 2024
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Why Epicureans and Utilitarians are wrong: on the axiology of pain and pleasureMoral philosophers are beginning to incorporate insights from evolutionary biology
May 29, 2024
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May 29, 2024
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From ancient to new Stoicism: I — Stoic physicsA conceptual map of where Stoicism came from and where it may be going
Apr 24, 2024
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Apr 24, 2024
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There is no upside to angerHow many readers are going to get angry after reading this?
Mar 28, 2024
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Mar 28, 2024
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The story of the pale Stoic in the stormStoicism and fear, from the lost Fifth Book of Epictetus
Mar 27, 2024
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Mar 27, 2024
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Inserting Philosophy
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Douglas Giles, PhD
Calmly Resisting the Fad of StoicismThe Pet Rock of self-improvement
Feb 28, 2023
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Feb 28, 2023
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Better Humans
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Mentalcodex | Julfi
Stoicism is Bullsh*tMaybe it is the key to success, as everyone tells us? Or just another advanced way to make you swallow self-help pills.
Mar 28, 2022
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Mar 28, 2022
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Virtue cannot be the ultimate goodVirtue ethics is, arguably, the most effective general framework for moral decision making. This is because it isn’t in the business of…
Jan 3, 2022
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Jan 3, 2022
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What are we to make of weakness of the will?The technical term is akrasia. Is there such a thing? If so, what is it, and how does it affect our lives?
Mar 28, 2022
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Mar 28, 2022
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Musonius Rufus — Lecture XII: On sexual indulgenceStoicism is one of the most ancient and useful philosophies of life, and the first century Roman Stoic Musonius Rufus was one of its most…
Jan 24, 2022
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Jan 24, 2022
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Which virtue? Prudence vs TemperanceThe ancient Greco-Roman tradition recognizes four principal, or cardinal virtues: practical wisdom (also known as prudence), courage (or…
Dec 2, 2021
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Dec 2, 2021
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Brutus, Cassius, and the philosophy of tyrannicideOn 15th March 44 BCE the would-be tyrant Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated by 60 Roman Senators headed by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius…
Nov 16, 2021
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Nov 16, 2021
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Science and Philosophy
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My Relative, the Anti-Vax Conspiracy TheoristI have a close relative, A., who is a smart woman, with college degree, and who has been able to make a good life for herself in a foreign…
Jul 13, 2021
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Jul 13, 2021
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