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#178 - The Cardinal Virtues
The cardinal virtues are discussed by many philosophers - justice, wisdom, courage, and temperance - including the Stoics. They are often used to def…
3 years, 10 months ago
#177 - David Schmeikal: Self-Knowledge, Creativity, & Growth
David Schmeikal is a personal accountability coach, creative director, and technology consultant. He works with people to help them develop their bra…
3 years, 10 months ago
#176 - Free Speech
With Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter, the age-old freedom of speech debate has awoken yet again. On one end, people claim that we should silen…
3 years, 10 months ago
#175 - Character & Reputation
"Character" is often used in the context of self-improvement and philosophy. Stoicism, for example, is all about developing a good character - virtue…
3 years, 10 months ago
#174 - Chuck Chakrapani: The Stoic Gym
Chuck Chakrapani is the editor for the magazine The Stoic Gym (which I would highly recommend) which is a monthly magazine on Stoicism which focuses …
3 years, 10 months ago
#173 - The Problem With Weakness
Strength carries many meanings - there's strength of mind, of body of spirit to name a few. Ancient philosophers would have used a term closer to "fo…
3 years, 10 months ago
#172 - Dark Energy
The term "dark energy" comes off very voodoo-like, but is there a rational way of thinking about such things? The rational part of our brain may thin…
3 years, 11 months ago
#171 - Todd Leader: Psychology, Care, & Mental Health
Todd Leader is a social worker and community psychologist. He’s spent his over 20 year career leading service development and transformation, partic…
3 years, 11 months ago
#170 - Love
Love is a word that we all know about and probably use regularly, but what does it really mean? Some think of it as the feeling of joy when you're wi…
3 years, 11 months ago
#169 - Natural Stoics
The term "natural Stoics" gets thrown around a lot, meaning someone who is "naturally Stoic". It's commonly used to describe people who are cool, ca…
3 years, 11 months ago