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12 Training Methods of Epictetus
How does one train to be Stoic? What are the most critical areas we should focus on? In his third book of Discourses, Epictetus discusses about a dozen things we should be concerned about when we train ourselves to be Stoics.
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Ten Stoic Choices of Epictetus
This is one of the most fundamental choices one can make. As long as you confine your choices to what is under your control, you will be free, happy, and serene.
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Stoic Foundations: Epictetus’ Ten
Stoicism, especially as taught by Epictetus, consists of a few major themes that he repeats over and over again — sometimes in exactly the same way, sometimes in a different way. The first book of his Discourses summarizes all his basic themes.
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The Stoic Perspective on Anger: Was Marcus Aurelius Wrong?
In this Feature Blog Post, Ronald W. Pies, MD, gives us a stoic perspective on anger. Is anger always a “bad” thing? Are there cases and circumstances in which anger of some degree and duration can prove useful—and even represent an ethical imperative?
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How to live a focused life: Five Stoic Strategies
We seem to be busy all the time. We feel we have no time to do all the things we want to do. Often this is because we are not focused and fritter away our time. Here we explore how to live a focused life
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Why is anger destructive
1. Anger has done greater damage to humankind than any plague. 2. Both individuals and communities are destroyed by it. 3. Even a semblance of anger is enough to cause damage.
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Anger Is Temporary Madness
We are right to be terrified of this ugliest and most brutal of all emotions. Other emotions have some degree of peace and quiet. But anger is all action. It explodes the impulse of grief with an inhuman desire for weapons, blood, and torture.
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The Positive Side Of Covid-19
The positive side of Covid-19? No, I haven’t gone completely nuts. Really. So much has been written on the negative aspects of Covid-19 and rightly so. Maybe you remember that I wrote a blog, too! Yet many of us fail to notice the brilliant silver lining surrounding this dark cloud.
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How To Be Mindful
Mindfulness is not a standard Stoic term, but the concept plays an important role in Stoic thinking. For our purposes, if we define mindfulness as the art of paying deliberate attention, then we will see its critical role in moving us towards Stoic virtues and towards the good life.
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How To Act Appropriately
The concept of appropriate action (kathekon) was introduced by the founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Citium. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Stoics, 7.108)Books
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