Stoic Meditations

Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/support

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episode 445: 445. Skeptics vs Stoics


The Academic Skeptics were one of the major rival schools to Stoicism. Yet, on the nature of human knowledge, and on what it means in practice, for everyday living, the two philosophies were not very far apart.

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 September 12, 2019  2m
 
 

episode 444: 444. Chrysippus and the logic of paradoxes


If you have some sand and you start adding grains, when do you have a heap? Chrysippus' answer to this sort of paradox will leave logicians frustrated and the rest of us with something to think about.

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 September 11, 2019  3m
 
 

episode 443: 443. Ignorance, knowledge, and things in between


The wisest approach is to not commit to opinions until we have strong evidence in their favor, or to hold opinions very lightly, and not attach our ego to them.

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 September 10, 2019  3m
 
 

episode 442: 442. Stoic materialism


The Stoics are materialists, in the sense that they believe that anything that has causal powers must be made of stuff, whatever that stuff turns out to be.

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 September 9, 2019  2m
 
 

episode 441: 441. Four interesting Stoic doctrines


Virtue can only be perfected by reason; all virtues are really just one, namely, wisdom; virtue is intrinsically good; and one needs to continuously practice in order to be virtuous.

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 September 6, 2019  4m
 
 

episode 440: 440. What Zeno said


Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic sect, says that there are three sets of things in the world: virtue, things according or contra to nature, and neutral things. From which a solid moral compass for everyday living follows.

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 September 5, 2019  3m
 
 

episode 439: 439. The importance of Socrates


Socrates was the first to draw philosophy away from matters of an abstruse character, in which all the philosophers before his time had been wholly occupied, and to have diverted it to the objects of ordinary life.

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 September 4, 2019  2m
 
 

episode 438: 438. The consolations of philosophy


Cicero begins his treatise Academica by seeking a medicine for his sorrows in philosophy.

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 September 3, 2019  2m
 
 

episode 437: 437. Gods or atoms, you should blame no one


Blame is not a Stoic thing. We bear responsibility for what we do, of course, but to blame people isn’t particularly useful. As Marcus Aurelius says, teach them, if you can, or bear with them.

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 September 2, 2019  2m
 
 

436. The problem with Paris (not the city)


Paris stole Menelaus' wife, Helen, thereby starting the Trojan War. He did that because he assented to the impression that it was good to pursue the wife of his host, and that misjudgment resulted in ten years of misery for so many.

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 August 30, 2019  3m