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Sunday, September 1st, 2019
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
From Exeter to Athens: Great moments in modern Stoicism
1 - Your good faith and sense of shame are your own. Epictetus, D1.25
In the TENTH chapter of his discourse ON THE HAPPY LIFE, Seneca tells us that, to be happy, we should stop pursuing pleasure, but instead pursue virtue. This is an excerpt from Stoic Happiness, a plain English version of Seneca’s On the Happy Life, published by The Stoic Gym.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Why outcomes are always dichotomous
Some impressions are not difficult to judge. For example, yesterday you got into an accident and had whiplash. Clearly you cannot go back and avoid that accident (you can take no action) or not have whiplash (change the outcome). So, it is pointless to keep worrying about it. It doesn't make anything better. You can take no action and the outcome is not under your control. It is nothing to you.
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Brisbane, Queensland
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1 - If one wants to be a philosopher, one should first become aware of one’s governing principle. (Epictetus, D1.26)
Friday, November 1st, 2019
Don’t be overcome by pleasure
In the ELEVENTH chapter of his discourse ON THE HAPPY LIFE, Seneca tells us that, to be happy, we should stop pursuing pleasure, but instead pursue virtue. This is an excerpt from Stoic Happiness, a plain English version of Seneca’s On the Happy Life, published by The Stoic Gym.
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane Stoics
https://https://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Stoics