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Article will be available on Friday, June 25th, 2021

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Friday, June 25th, 2021

It’s better than you think: The 80/120 rule

Feature || PIOTR STANKIEWICZ

It’s no mistake – it’s supposed to be 80/120. It’s a deliberate play on the 80/20 rule, so please, don’t confuse it. Today I take a different angle. I want to show how the Stoic principles translate into patterns of daily life.

Article will be available on Friday, June 25th, 2021

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Friday, June 25th, 2021

The story of Marcus Aurelius [4] - Marcus marries Faustina

Feature || ELBERT HUBBARD

In this extract, Elbert Hubbard chronicles how Marcus Aurelius and Faustina, the Younger developed affection for – and eventually marry – each other.

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The Lipsius trap

Feature || LEO KONSTANTAKOS, KAI WHITING

“No reasonable person can claim that the ancient Stoics were right about everything [...]However, this leads us to another problem: that of attempting to “fix” Stoicism by imposing our worldview onto those of the ancients.”

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The trap of ‘Stoic creed’

Feature || Sharon Lebell

“Stoicism has neither a catechism nor an official declaration of faith.”

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The appearances trap

Feature || BRITTANY POLAT

“Despite our love of truth, though, difficulties arise because the truth is not always obvious or easy to understand.”

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The fear trap

Feature || MEREDITH A. KUNZ

“How do you want to spend your days – in fear, anger, and disgust – or building a more ethical, collaborative world?”

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The ‘worry, don’t decide’ trap

Feature || PIOTR STANKIEWICZ

“We need to learn how to choose to not travel that path. This is what I came to call the principle of defining a proper alternative.”

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The story of Marcus Aurelius [5] - Marcus as the chief judge: Marriages and divorces

Feature || ELBERT HUBBARD

Marcus as the chief judge: Marriages and divorces

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

Seeing things the way they are

Feature || BRITTANY POLAT

“As Stoics, one of our primary tasks is learning to see the world clearly and accurately.”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

What we see ... and what we don’t

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

“Seeing can help us understand the urgent need to try to do something. I realize I can only do what’s within my power, but I hope I’ll find ways to learn and act,”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

Seeing virtue as the answer

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Virtue is the answer to just about any of our questions.”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

Seeing the mind-body connection

Feature || PIOTR STANKIEWICZ

“In Stoicism body, mind and spirit are not distinct but are all made of one and the same matter.”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

Seeing our connection to animals

Feature || LEONIDAS KONSTANTAKOS and KAI WHITING

“How then could some humans be so careless as to reduce an elephant to its tusks, without a second thought as to the role it plays in supporting the ecosystem?”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

The story of Marcus Aurelius [6]

Feature || ELBERT HUBBARD

“Men and women do not get married because marriage is legal, nor do they continue living together because divorce is difficult.”

Article will be available on Friday, September 24th, 2021

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Friday, September 24th, 2021

Escape the comfort cage

Feature || TOBIAS RUESS

“You don´t just need discomfort to acquire virtue, but to be virtuous. Like the red queen in Alice in Wonderland you need to run, just to stay in place. It´s not like once you reached virtue it's nothing but smooth sailing.”