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September 11, 2021 - Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
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Seneca wrote a series of letters to his young friend Lucilius on various topics. Taken together these letters can be considered as an exposition of Stoicism and how to apply it to our daily lives. This plain English version of the Letters closely follows the original.
August 21, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
Sixteen Best Ways to Outsmart Anger
Ancient Stoics recognized anger to be a destructive emotion. Seneca said, “No plague has cost the human race more.” While we may feel good while expressing anger, most of us don’t like being angry and we don’t generally like being around people who are angry.
August 14, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
How to be at Peace with Ourselves: Stoic Guidance
We are not always at peace with ourselves. We get upset with others when we think they have wronged us, abused us, hurt us, insulted us, stolen from us, or done something that they ‘shouldn’t have’. When we think like this, we are not at peace with ourselves.
July 24, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
How to Deal with Insults
Insults take many shapes and forms. When we take something as an insult, we may be justified in doing so. Or we might be misinterpreting the situation. Or we may be seeing things that are not there. Depending on how sensitive you are, you can see many things as insulting.
July 21, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
How to Deal with Worries
We worry about many things: about the way we have lived our lives, about what is happening around us now, or what might happen in the future. Yet we may not even be clear as to the specific reasons we are anxious.
July 14, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
How to be Happy — Seneca’s Dozen
the Stoic philosopher Seneca lays down the path to happiness: What are basics of happiness, what is the path to happiness, how to handle pleasure, how to practice virtue, how to enjoy money that may come your way, and, most of all, how to understand yourself.
July 10, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
Ten Marks of a Free Person
Epictetus was born unfree. He was a slave because his mother was a slave. When he became free, he thought and taught a lot about how to be free. In fact, his longest discourse in his four-book Discourses deals with human freedom.
July 7, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
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.
July 3, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
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.
June 30, 2021 - The Stoic Gym Blog
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.Books
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