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Posted on January 30, 2017 by Anitra · 2 Comments

Epictetus on “the beginning of philosophy”

In Book Two, chapter 11 of his Discourses (free online version here), Epictetus describes what he takes to be the purpose of philosophy--to function as a ruler against which we measure our arguments--and explains how it comes about that, given that we all are born with a notion of good and evil, there are conflicting opinions…

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Posted on January 18, 2017January 26, 2018 by Anitra · 3 Comments

Stoicism as self-help: A bad thing?

As you may be aware, Stoicism is hot these days. Some practicing Stoics appear to be view this as a non-preferred indifferent [1]. Rather than feel threatened or un-stoically irritated by it, modern Stoics should keep their chins up--or better, down, to peruse their Stoic texts and ignore the trend, which will likely die down…

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