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On being tired

Feature || PIOTR STANKIEWICZ

“Tiredness is not just tiredness itself, but it is also a microcosm of human experience.”


“Erotic love, ... would keep the city safe, and offer everyone the advantage of belonging to a family of multiple parents and close kinships. ”


The story of Marcus Aurelius [7]

Feature || ELBERT HUBBARD

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


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.”


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,”


Seeing virtue as the answer

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

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


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.”


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?”


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.”


“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.”


The trap of ‘Stoic creed’

Feature || Sharon Lebell

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


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.”


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?”


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.”


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