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Caleb, MichaelBecome more Stoic. Build resilience and virtue with ancient philosophy.
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Men Without Chests | The Abolition of Man Part I (Episode 229)
Can you say a waterfall is sublime? Or are you just describing your feelings?
C.S. Lewis thought this question mattered more than it looks. In the first chapter of The Abolition of Man, he argues that modern education smuggles in a dangero...
Why You Should Be A Skeptic With Massimo Pigliucci (Episode 228)
In this episode, Caleb talks with Massimo Pigliucci about his new book, How to Be a Happy Skeptic, and the thinker at its center: Cicero. They trace skepticism from Pyrrho’s radical doubt to the Academics, who found a better path. You don’t...
Do not fear death
Today’s letter is an excerpt from our course on Epicureanism in the Stoa app. To access the full course, download the Stoa app.
What happens when we die? Do we receive punishment or rewards for how we’ve lived? Do we get to see the...
Athens as Imaginary
Athens is an imaginary place. It’s something we have constructed.
We don’t know the details of the lives of Plato, Socrates, Pericles. What we are given comes hundreds of years later. Their home is in ruins.
So we sketch in the details....
Stoicism and Buddhism 101 (Rerun)
People love to pair Stoicism and Buddhism. Both blame suffering on desire. Both teach a kind of meditation. Both are about 2,500 years old. So how similar are they, really?
Michael and Caleb run a Buddhism 101 for Stoics. They start with t...
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