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The Cheerful Stoic

Juan C. Torres

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 43

The podcast where we read, meditate, and reflect on the ancient Stoic philosophers.

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42: On Providence By Seneca [Part 2]

dimanche 17 octobre 2021 • Duration 07:29

In this episode, we continue to look at what Seneca has to say to his friend Lucillius about Providence. He says here that excellence cannot be arrived at without struggle and adversity.

41: On Providence By Seneca [Part 1]

dimanche 10 octobre 2021 • Duration 09:29

In this episode, we introduce and present the central question behind Seneca’s On Providence, the theodicy question. “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

32: Book Review of :: A Field Guide to a Happy Life ::

samedi 3 octobre 2020 • Duration 09:45

In this episode, I give a brief review of Massimo Piggliucci’s latest book. https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Happy-Life-Lessons/dp/1541646932

31: Strange, Noble, and Sad

lundi 14 septembre 2020 • Duration 13:06

In this episode I go over my favorite description of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, as found in the preface of the Penguin Classics edition.

30: On the Charge of Hypocrisy

dimanche 6 septembre 2020 • Duration 09:34

Seneca defends himself (and the rest of philosophers) from the charge of being hypocrites and from failing to practice what they preach.

29: How Stoics should deal with impressions

mardi 1 septembre 2020 • Duration 10:13

Epictetus reminds his students that good and evil are determined not by external events but by our interpretation and reaction to them. Discourses 3.8 + Enchiridion 1

28: Stoics ought be kind!

lundi 24 août 2020 • Duration 03:33

Kindness is a virtue related to that of justice. As Stoics, we must aim higher than simply speaking truth. We must speak truth kindly. We must not mistake kindness with weakness.

27: Are you able to be your own enjoyable company?

samedi 15 août 2020 • Duration 05:09

Socrates and Seneca reminds us that if we are philosophically healthy we should be able to enjoy our own company.

26: On Preferred and Dispreferred Indifferents

dimanche 9 août 2020 • Duration 09:08

There is virtue, there is vice, and then there is everything else, which is labeled either Preferred Indifferents or Dispreferred Indifferents. In today’s episode we explore a passage on these by Seneca.

25: You are never too busy to be a Stoic!

mercredi 5 août 2020 • Duration 03:38

Meditations 8.8 :: Marcus Aurelius reminds himself here that even in the days where he lacks the time for reading, he does not lack the opportunities to work on his character!