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…
This past weekend I spent eight hours in a car with my little boy. I had plenty of opportunities to practice virtue and temperance, but I could have done with fewer. It was at times a sweaty-palms, white-knuckles experience, but it made me think about Stoic philosophy and how driving is a metaphor for…
In Book Nine of the Meditations, Marcus Aurelius has some useful advice--very hard to follow, but useful nonetheless--about what to do when people act badly. I have to say, this is nearly impossible to follow on the day after yet another mass shooting. But let’s see if we can bring Marcus into the 21st century. We…
