Stoic Application
These posts are about applying Stoic philosophy to our lives.
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Koinonikon: A Stoic Antidote to America’s Age of Division
America stands at a precipice, teetering between unity and fragmentation, between dialogue and discord. The air is thick with animosity, the walls between ideological camps rising ever higher. Polarization, like a relentless tide,…
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Using Impressions Wisely Amid Misinformation
The Challenge of Navigating Today’s Political and Social Chaos America today is deeply divided. Political debates quickly turn into personal attacks, conspiracy theories spread like wildfire, and social media fuels outrage at every…
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The Stoic’s Guide to Wise Decisions
Imagine standing at a crossroads, the path ahead splitting into a dozen directions, each choice whispering its own promise. Life, ever unfolding, presents us with such moments daily. Some decisions are trivial—what to…
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The Stoic Gardener: From First Impressions to Fruitful Action
I stumbled upon something I wrote in my journal a while back: “Information is the fertile soil from which my knowledge grows; knowledge is the sprout of wisdom, and wisdom blossoms into fruit…
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New Year’s Wishes from a Stoic
It is not the passage of time that defines the year ahead but the deliberate refinement of our character. The dawn of each year is a moment of creation—a renewal that calls us…
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Duty, Discipline, and the Stoic Soldier: Seneca’s Wisdom for Modern Life
In his Letters to Lucilius, Seneca urges us to see life as a call to duty, like the call of a soldier following orders. There’s an unmistakable clarity here—a soldier does not choose…
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The Heart of Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
To the ancient Stoics, philosophy (φιλοσοφία) wasn’t just a mental exercise or an intellectual pursuit to pass the time. It was a way of life—a commitment to achieving eudaimonia, a state of flourishing…
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The Roles and Duties of a Citizen as Assigned by Fate
The Timeless Wisdom of Stoic Philosophy In a world increasingly divided by political strife and social unrest, the wisdom of ancient philosophers may seem outdated—yet, Stoic philosophy holds the key to healing our…
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Stoic Opposition: A Personal Path of Resistance and Resilience
Over the past several years of study,I have read about the Stoic Opposition. Stoic Opposition – Wikipedia. In this blog post, I will delve into how embracing stoic opposition can bring about profound…
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Navigating the Web of Causality
Salutations, seekers of insight. Imagine if you will the tapestry of circumstance, infinitely and randomly woven by armies of spiders. This is Stoic fate, an inescapable structure woven from countless strands of cause…
