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 407: 407. Negative emotions are diseases, they are not good even in small measure
One of the major differences between Stoics and Aristotelians has always been the treatment of disruptive emotions, such as anger and fear. They are helpful, in small measure, for Aristotle, but definitely to avoid for the Stoics.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 408: 408. How to tell whether you have achieved wisdom
Do you find yourself in the thralls of fear, jealousy, or anger? Do you act inconsistently in life? Then you ain't wise yet.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 409: 409. Rationalizing is not the same thing as reasoning
We are in love with our vices; we uphold them and prefer to make excuses for them rather than shake them off. The reason is unwillingness, the excuse, inability.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 410: 410. The value of money, beauty, and high social position
The Stoic concept of preferred and dispreferred indifferents always gets people confused or, the other common human response to lack of understanding, scoffing.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 412: 412. The playthings of children and the shackles of adults
External goods like fine clothing, gourmet food, and nice houses ought to be regarded as the playthings of children, not the shackles of adults.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 415: 415. Are you conducting yourself virtuously in your profession?
Here is a basic Stoic equation: external thing or activity + virtue = good, while its opposite is: external thing or activity + vice = bad. So, is your profession good or bad, according to this approach?
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 417: 417. Three disciplines to live a better life
In order to live a meaningful life (ethics) we need to reason well about things (logic), and we need to have a good grasp of how the world works (science). How are your logic and science, then?
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 418: 418. Where's your stopping point?
He who has much, desires more – a proof that he has not yet acquired enough; but he who has enough has attained that which never fell to the rich man’s lot – a stopping-point.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 419: 419. The difference separating Aristotelians, Stoics, and Cynics
Externals — such as money, possessions, and the like — are how we exercise our virtue, which cannot be expressed in a vacuum. And one of the four cardinal virtues is temperance.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stoicmeditations/supportepisode 420: 420. Nothing is good which can be put to wrong use by any person
The Stoics regard nothing as good which can be put to wrong use by any person. And we can all see for ourselves to what wrong uses many people put their riches, their high position, or their physical powers.
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