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- William Irvine Interview (may 2012)
Irvine’s new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, was just released. It is a follow-up to his book A Guide to the Good Life. Jim Fleming: Although it can be uncomfortable, to look death in the face, contemplatives...
- William B. Irvine: Older And Wiser: Ancient Advice On Aging Well
Professor Irvine comes on around the 7-minute mark. His new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, that was mentioned towards the end of the talk comes out in February. William B. Irvine: Older and Wiser: Ancient...
- Nassim Taleb On Stoics And Stoicism
From Fooled by Randomness:"Having control over randomness can be expressed in the manner in which one acts in the small and the large. Recall that epic heroes were judged by their actions, not by the results. No matter how sophisticated our choices, how...
- Tim Ferriss - Google Io Ignite - Practical Pessimism
Link Related Tim Ferriss links: Book - The 4-Hour Workweek Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca Related previous post: The Wisdom of the Stoics: Selections from Seneca, Epictetus, and...
- The Wisdom Of The Stoics: Selections From Seneca, Epictetus, And Marcus Aurelius
Frances and Henry Hazlitt (yes, the author of the great Economics in One Lesson) put together this wonderful compilation of wisdom from three great Stoics. I found this a little while back and Miguel's post from earlier today inspired me to finally...
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BBC Radio 4's In Our Time programme on Stoicism
An audio program on Stoicism (about 42 minutes).
The philosophy of Stoicism was founded by Zeno in the fourth century BC and flourished in Greece and then in Rome. Its ideals of inner solitude, forbearance in adversity and the acceptance of fate won many brilliant adherents and made it the dominant philosophy across the whole of the Ancient World. The ex-slave Epictetus said "Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them". Seneca, the politician, declared that "Life without the courage for death is slavery". The stoic thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher emperor, provided a rallying point for empire builders into the modern age.
But what was stoicism? How did its ideas of inner retreat come to influence the most powerful and public men of the classical era? And does it still have a legacy for us today?
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Related previous post: The Wisdom of the Stoics: Selections from Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
- William Irvine Interview (may 2012)
Irvine’s new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, was just released. It is a follow-up to his book A Guide to the Good Life. Jim Fleming: Although it can be uncomfortable, to look death in the face, contemplatives...
- William B. Irvine: Older And Wiser: Ancient Advice On Aging Well
Professor Irvine comes on around the 7-minute mark. His new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, that was mentioned towards the end of the talk comes out in February. William B. Irvine: Older and Wiser: Ancient...
- Nassim Taleb On Stoics And Stoicism
From Fooled by Randomness:"Having control over randomness can be expressed in the manner in which one acts in the small and the large. Recall that epic heroes were judged by their actions, not by the results. No matter how sophisticated our choices, how...
- Tim Ferriss - Google Io Ignite - Practical Pessimism
Link Related Tim Ferriss links: Book - The 4-Hour Workweek Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca Related previous post: The Wisdom of the Stoics: Selections from Seneca, Epictetus, and...
- The Wisdom Of The Stoics: Selections From Seneca, Epictetus, And Marcus Aurelius
Frances and Henry Hazlitt (yes, the author of the great Economics in One Lesson) put together this wonderful compilation of wisdom from three great Stoics. I found this a little while back and Miguel's post from earlier today inspired me to finally...