Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let look to Marcus Aurelius’ wise words from his Meditations IV 7: “Efface the opinion, I am harmed, and at once the feeling of being harmed disappears; efface the feeling, and the harm disappears at once.” An oldie but a goodie. We’re going right back into the core of Stoicism with this one: All […]
Hello there, Diogenes Laertius was a biographer and wrote extensively about the lives and philosophies of the ancient Greek philosophers. The book of his we have today is the translation Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, which contains a lot of the information we have about the predominant philosophers of ancient Greece (which was in Ionia; a region on the central […]
Inspired by fire host Jay was curious on how to journal more effectively. As a Stoic, I recognize my journal as being my most powerful tool in harnessing the power of my rational mind. So I shared the six (6) way in which I use my journal to better myself. Have a listen, you’ll get a lot out of it […]
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1052338/6414289-coh-episode-20-anderson-silver Here’s the intro from their website. It was a great interview and we tackled everything from addictions to modern-day political divides: This week’s guest, Anderson Silver, is a stoic philosopher and author of three books on stoicism “Your User’s Manual”, “Vol 2: Your Duality Within” and “Vol 3: Your Dichotomy of Control”. In our discussion he describes his life […]
Hello there, For this week’s exercise, I will look for inspiration from Epictetus’ Discourses. This is II 1.21: “It will even do to socialize with men of good character, in order to model your life on theirs, whether you choose someone living or someone from the past.” We are all human beings; fatally flawed…full of emotions…primitive more often than we […]
Virtue. Harmony. Reason. To me these are philosophies that 2020 America should consider as part of our after action report for the past year. Many have been without harmony as politics, race and other social factors have collided. Reason seems to have been brushed aside in place of fear in the face of the COVID virus and humanity’s in ability […]
Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us circle back to Seneca (It’s been a while). This is from his moral letters to Luciluis, I 7.1: “Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety.” You have two ears and one […]
I recently got interviewed by the Podcast series The Way. Have a listen to the podcast. Or if you want, it will air LIVE tomorrow on the radio. Listen in at 5:00 pm EDT to FM 91.7 WHUS. Here’s a link to the radio stations online feed: http://fm.whus.org/
We spend an hour talking philosophical stuff about stuff. We discuss my second book, democracy and socialism, the narrative fallacy, evolution, consciousness and religion. It was a fun discussion all around. Have a listen, you’re sure to enjoy it. https://thejuanhour.podbean.com/e/the-juan-hour-37-philosophical-stuff-about-stuff-with-anderson-silver/
Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us find some inspiration from an often overlooked Stoic teacher Gaius Musonius Rufus. This is from the translated fragments by Cynthia King [Stobaeus 3.1.48 = 3.1. 77. Chapter 1: about virtue.]: “It is not possible to live well today unless you treat it as your last day.” Little known fact, Musonius Rufus […]