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Stoicism: Shaping your character is ultimately the only thing under your control.
Through a combination of rational introspection and repeated practice, you can mold your character over the long term.
I am learning and course correcting.
Through a combination of rational introspection and repeated practice, you can mold your character over the long term.
I am learning and course correcting.
The 4 popular Stoics.
1. Seneca, a Roman senator and advisor to the emperor Nero;
2. Musonius Rufus, a renowned teacher;
3. Epictetus, a slave-turned-teacher and
4. Marcus Aurelius, one of the few philosopher-kings in history.
1. Seneca, a Roman senator and advisor to the emperor Nero;
2. Musonius Rufus, a renowned teacher;
3. Epictetus, a slave-turned-teacher and
4. Marcus Aurelius, one of the few philosopher-kings in history.
In the twentieth century, Stoicism inspired a family of schools of effective psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Stoicism’s basic tenets can be distilled into three major topics:
1. live according to nature,
2 three-disciplined practice, and
3. the dichotomy of control.
1. live according to nature,
2 three-disciplined practice, and
3. the dichotomy of control.
Live according to nature means using reason to improve social living.
1. To decide how best to live (ethics), one has to
2. understand how the world works (physics) and
3. reason appropriately about it (logic).
1. To decide how best to live (ethics), one has to
2. understand how the world works (physics) and
3. reason appropriately about it (logic).
The three disciplines:
1. desire,
2. action,
3. assent.
The Discipline of Desire - what is best to want (or to avoid)
The Discipline of Action -how to act in the social sphere.
And the Discipline of Assent - arrive at correct judgments about obstacles that life throws at us
1. desire,
2. action,
3. assent.
The Discipline of Desire - what is best to want (or to avoid)
The Discipline of Action -how to act in the social sphere.
And the Discipline of Assent - arrive at correct judgments about obstacles that life throws at us
Understanding the Stoic philosophy without putting it to use is a waste of time and energy.
You have to keep practicing it to get better at being Stoic.
You have to keep practicing it to get better at being Stoic.
Dichotomy of control means understanding that certain things are a) in our control and b) many things are not.
We should focus our energy and resources on affecting what we can control, and turn away as much as possible from what we can’t.
We should focus our energy and resources on affecting what we can control, and turn away as much as possible from what we can’t.
The first step in Stoicism is to seek and complete and assessment of where you are in the journey.
Here are some books.
Here are some books.
