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#238 - The Importance of Tension
There’s a presupposition to all self-help, self-improvement, and philosophy as a way of life topics: that growth is good. Self-help and self-improvem…
3 years, 3 months ago
#237 - The Seeker and The Stoic with Joshua W. Bertolotti
I have a very special and exciting announcement. Hopefully, most of you by now know my good friend and fellow philosopher, Joshua W. Bertolotti. We’v…
3 years, 3 months ago
#236 - Stoic Redemption
Redemption is a word that is most often used in religious circles, such as Christianity. It’s used to explain the action of being saved by God from s…
3 years, 3 months ago
#235 - The Accident is Your Training
The cosmos has a way of making us succumb to “fate”. This word gets tangly sometimes – does this mean we have no free will? Of course, we do! However…
3 years, 3 months ago
#234 - Will Johncock: Sociology & Stoicism
Will Johncock studies how an individual’s thoughts and actions, as well as an individual thing’s attributes, are the effects of social and physical e…
3 years, 3 months ago
#233 - The Most Real Things
In Buddhism, it’s said that “life is suffering”. Though some Stoics may argue that this is not the Stoic view on life, it does seem to be unequivocal…
3 years, 3 months ago
#232 - Absolute Vulnerability
Vulnerability is a bit of a buzzword these days. It’s often said that you need to “be vulnerable” in relationships to become closer to the person. He…
3 years, 4 months ago
#231 - David Alexander: Psychotherapy, Mindfulness, & Dream Analysis
David Alexander is a psychotherapist, the co-host of the Between Two Ravens podcast, the creator of the Prosoche Project, and a founding member (like…
3 years, 4 months ago
#230 - Rebelling Against the Body
You may consider your body to be yours, but the Stoics had a different perspective on this. It is “yours”, in one sense, as it constitutes a part of …
3 years, 4 months ago
#229 - The Dark Pull
Often, we find ourselves either liking or being fascinated by villains. Consider how cool everyone thinks Darth Vader is, for example. There’s also B…
3 years, 4 months ago