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How to Find Strength in Your Own Character (opens the original)
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Ancient Lessons in Resilience from Ukraine (opens the original)
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When we think of ancient “Greek” philosophy today, Athens is usually the first place that springs to mind. We might picture Socrates debating in the Agora, Plato walking among the groves of the Academy, or Aristotle lecturing in the Lyceum. The ancient Greek world extended far beyond Athens, and even beyond the boundaries of what today we call Greece. Greek cities and settlements were scattered around the Mediterranean and Black Sea, including along the latter’s northern shores, at the edge of t
How to Cope Wisely with Anxiety (opens the original)
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Stoicism versus Daoism (opens the original)
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Someone sent me this video on Daoism and Stoicism to look at. As my comments grew, I thought it might as well be an opportunity to turn it into a brief post. Unfortunately, this is a very poorly-researched and therefore very misleading interpretation of Stoicism, as we’ll see. These are my rough notes in response to the video. Of course, it would be possible to attempt a much more sophisticated comparison of these two traditions but, sadly, what you get in these sorts of YouTube videos is very f
Death, Love, Stoicism (opens the original)
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Forget all else, Lucilius, and concentrate your thoughts on this one thing: not to fear the name of death. Through long reflection make death one of your close acquaintances, so that, if the situation arises, you are able even to go out and meet it. — Seneca, On EarthquakesOne day you will die. In many ways, though, death is already present with us throughout life. First, and most obviously, there is the fact that we are, most of us, bereaved several times. We also witness the bereavements suffe
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