Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. More at https://massimopigliucci.com. Please consider supporting Stoic Meditations. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen, www.jolinras.info). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
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Why should we be good?
At Olympia you do not want anything else; you are content to have been crowned at Olympia. Does it seem to you so small and worthless a thing to be noble and good and happy? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Enjoy figs in the summer, don't wish for them in the winter
How can you wish at the same time to grow old and not to see the death of any that you love? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Practicing philosophy is like going to the doctor's office
Friends, the school of a philosopher is a hospital. When you leave, you should have suffered, not enjoyed yourself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Focus on the deed, not the praise
‘He’s a clever young man and a fan of rhetoric.’ ‘How do you know?’ ‘He praises me.’ Oh, well, that proves it, of course. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Your roles in life
Let us play our roles in life well. Not acting lik a sheep, gently but at random; nor destructively, like a wild beast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
The ultimate locus of your freedom
Look, can you be forced to assent to what appears to you wrong?’ ‘No.’ ‘Or to dissent from the plain truth?’ ‘No.’ ‘Then you see you do have within you a share of freedom.’ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Who are you, anyway?
My mind represents for me my medium – like wood to a carpenter, or leather to a shoemaker. The goal in my case is the correct use of impressions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
It's about deeds, not words
So you can talk the right talk about Stoicism. But do you also walk the right walk? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
A philosophy needs to be digested properly, not just vomited
Those who have learnt precepts and nothing more are anxious to give them out at once, just as men with weak stomachs vomit food. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
Reframing problems into training exercises
I have a bad neighbor – bad, that is, for himself. For me, though, he is good: he exercises my powers of fairness and sociability. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support