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Should we get involved in politics?
Epicurus says, “The wise man will not take part in politics, except upon some special occasion.” Zeno says, “The wise man will take part in politics, unless prevented by some special circumstance.”
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/supportStoicism is not written in stone
Would that all things were already known, that truth were unveiled and recognized, and that none of our doctrines required modification! but as it is we have to seek for truth in the company of the very men who teach it.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/supportThere are different ways to be useful to the human cosmopolis
Our Stoic philosophers say we must be in motion up to the very end of our life, we will never cease to labour for the general good, to help individual people, and when stricken in years to afford assistance even to our enemies.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/supportSet your own priorities, don't slavishly follow other people's
We oscillate between desire and remorse, for we depend entirely upon the opinions of others, and it is that which many people praise and seek after, not that which deserves to be praised and sought after, which we consider to be best.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support752. How much leisure time do you have, and what do you do with it?
Leisure is important to be able to pursue the good life, and yet by itself it is not sufficient. Without proper education, we are far more likely to waste our time than to use it to good effect.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support751. Everything changes, act accordingly
A brief existence is common to all things, and yet you avoid and pursue all things as if they would be eternal.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support750. No point in finding faults
When you are offended at any one’s fault, immediately turn to yourself and reflect in what manner you yourself have erred: for example, in thinking that money is a good thing, or pleasure, or a bit of reputation, and the like.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support749. Putting things, and people, in perspective
Consider what men are when they are eating, sleeping, coupling, evacuating, and so forth. Then what kind of men they are when they are imperious and arrogant, or angry and scolding from their elevated place.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support748. Theory and practice
No longer talk at all about the kind of person that a good person ought to be, but be such.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/supportAlways use reason and you'll achieve serenity
He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.
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