The Stoa Letter
Caleb, MichaelBecome more Stoic. Build resilience and virtue with ancient philosophy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 496 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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C.S. Lewis and the Tao | The Abolition of Man Part II
Most people who say values are just opinions don’t actually believe it. They have values. They defend them. They just save the skepticism for everyone else.
That’s C.S. Lewis’s charge in the second chapter of The Abolition of Man. Caleb an...
Patience Is Ours
We saw the letter was signed Lampros and adorned with his crest and his motto: PATIENCE IS MINE.
Epictetus encouraged his students to “persist and resist.” The slogan is also translated as “bear and forbear.” In other words, philosophers...
The Odyssey Movie Review (Episode 231)
Caleb and Michael both saw the film. This is a proper review.
Caleb and Michael share what they think and work through what lands and what doesn’t.
Don’t worry this is our last bit of Odyssey content for sometime.
(00:00) Introduction: A...
Is Christopher Nolan more Stoic than Homer?
Is Nolan’s Odyssey more Stoic than Homer’s?
Of course, The Odyssey has Stoic themes – but precedes Socrates and Zeno of Citium by hundreds of years. It cannot be said to be a Stoic work. And I don’t think Nolan’s Odyssey is definitely Stoi...
Pity the Tyrants
Today’s letter is an excerpt from our course on Boethius in the Stoa app. To access the full course, download the Stoa app.
When Plato wrote about tyrants in his famous book the Republic, he did not just criticize them - he pitied t...
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