Hello there, Let us begin with some words from Epictetus’ Discourses I 29 57: “What we need now are people to apply their learning and be witness to their learning in their actions. Please, be the one to take on this character, I am tired in my teaching of invoking examples from the past, I want to be able to […]
Hello there, First off, happy Halloween cause…why not! This week, let us look towards the emperor philosophers words of urgency in his Meditations IV 37: “You will soon die, and you are not yet simple, not free from perturbations, nor without suspicion of being hurt by external things, nor kindly disposed towards all; nor do you yet realize that acting […]
Hello there, This week, let us find inspiration with the slave turned philosopher’s words. Although the target quote is Discourses II 18 – 19, I will include a few other lines of Epictetus to put it into context: “[15]Today, when I saw a good-looking girl, I didn’t say to myself, ‘It would be nice to sleep with her,’ or ‘Her […]
Hello there, I thought we could continue this week with the theme of actively applying virtue externally, with some words of motivation from Marcus IV 17: “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” Simple and powerful, let us never […]
Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us look at the words of Epictetus from his Discourses III 23.1: “First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do. For in nearly every pursuit we see this to be the case. Those in athletic pursuit first choose the sport they want and […]
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Hello there, For this week’s exercise let us look at some words from Epictetus Discourses I 4-32: “We offer the gods sacrifice because they gave us wheat and wine. But they have produced such wonderful fruit in a human mind, as part of their plan to bestow on humanity the true secret of happiness. Are we going to forget to […]
Hello there, For this week’s exercise let us look at some words from Seneca on the Brevity of Life III.1: “We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.” As you go through your day there will be countless interruptions (cravings, emails, visitors, texts, […]
For this last episode of Season 3, I leave you with this simple task: KEEP GETTING BETTER! Not a fan of Spotify? Stoicism for a Better Life is available on 8 different platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google podcasts and many others. Listen on your preferred platform or leave a voice message.