Good morning Reader! Today is 15th of May 2023Seneca and wealth Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Finding True Wealth: Insights from Seneca Seneca the Younger once said, "It's not the person with too little who is poor, but the one who always wants more." He invites us to reevaluate our understanding of wealth and poverty. In a world that often equates possessions with...
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Good morning Reader! Today is 1st of May 2023Aristotle and Eudaimonia Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Aristotle and Eudaimonia,Who he is, his impact on stoicism later on and his view on Eudaimonia Aristotle was a philosopher, scientist, and teacher born in Stagira, a Greek city, in 384 BCE. He was a student of Plato and tutored Alexander the Great. Aristotle founded...
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Good morning Reader! Today is 23rd of April 2023General Knowledge,Stoicism and philanthropy Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Stoicism and philanthropy,How it impacts the Logos and how it effects us through virtue. Stoicism emphasizes the importance of ethics and moral behavior. While it values charitable acts, Stoicism does not view philanthropy as the primary means...
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Good morning Reader! Today is 22nd of April 2023General Knowledge,Epictetus and the effect of externals Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Epictetus and the effect of externalsEnchiridion 5 Epictetus, a Greek philosopher who lived between the first and second centuries AD, is considered one of the most influential figures in the development of Stoicism. His teachings on...
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Good morning Reader! Today is 21st of April 2023General Knowledge,What are some of the key point differences between stoicism and Buddhism Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Some differences between Stoicism and Buddhism, their practicality and impact. Buddhist philosophy and ancient Stoicism are two of human history's most influential philosophical, spiritual, and...
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Good morning Reader! Today is 17th of April 2023General Knowledge,What are the physics of Stoicism Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Physics of Stoicism.How it can be used,and how the Logos relates to logic The Stoic philosophy is a school of philosophy that originated in ancient Greece and developed during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, with its roots in ancient...
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Afternoon Reader! Today is 15th of April 2023MUSONIUS RUFUS On outward appearance Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page MUSONIUS RUFUSLECTURES16.75.15–16 In the same way that businessmen/women wear suits, doctors/scientists wear scrubs, blue-collar workers wear high visibility clothing, and sports people wear corresponding clothing or equipment, etc. Is there anything that...
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Morning Reader! Today is 11th of April 2023General Knowledge,What is passion Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page Passion in Hellenistic philosophy,stoicism and how it differentiates to virtue. As Zeno and all Stoics after him stated, virtue is the only good, and vice is the only bad. In vice, is passion. But passion in itself is not evil nor is it inherentlybad....
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Morning Reader! Today is 6th of April 2023Epictetus Want to help the community grow? Share the Facebook group or copy this link so others can join in the daily meditations, as you do!https://adelaidestoa.ck.page EpictetusDiscoursesBook 3 Chapter 13What solitude is,and what kind of person a solitary man is Reference source (PDF Page 92) What kind of solitude then remains? what want? why do we make ourselves worse than children? and what do children do when they are left alone? They take up...
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