Stoic Meditations

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Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen).

  1. 11/08/2019

    484. Don't rush to judgment, give time to reason to do its work

    Is it a good person who has wronged you? Do not believe it. Is it a bad one? Do not be surprised at this; by their sin they have already punished themselves.

    3 min

  2. 11/07/2019

    483. We have other people’s vices before our eyes, and our own behind our backs

    Someone will be said to have spoken ill of you; think whether you did not first speak ill of them; think of how many persons you have yourself spoken ill.

    3 min

  3. 11/06/2019

    482. It is foolish to be angry at your computer

    We are so foolish that we actually get angry at inanimate objects, who neither deserve nor feel our anger. But in fact, no one deserves our anger: not animals, not children, and not even adults.

    3 min

  4. 11/05/2019

    481. Fake anger vs real anger

    Often the pretense of passion will do what the passion itself could not have done. Sometimes, it may be effective to fake anger. Just don't make the mistake of actually becoming angry.

    2 min

  5. 11/04/2019

    480. Reason and goodness are candles in the dark

    We need a long-breathed struggle against permanent and prolific evils; not, indeed, to quell them, but merely to prevent their overpowering us.

    3 min

  6. 11/01/2019

    479. Forgiveness first and foremost

    To avoid being angry with individuals, you must pardon the whole mass, you must grant forgiveness to the entire human race.

    2 min

  7. 10/31/2019

    478. The nature of emotions

    The Stoics’ opinion is that anger can venture upon nothing by itself, without the approval of mind. It follows that we are in charge, not whatever circumstances happen to trigger our initial reactions.

    3 min

  8. 10/30/2019

    477. The difference between reason and anger

    Reason wishes to give a just decision; anger wishes its decision to be thought just.

    2 min
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Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen).

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