Modern-Day Stoic

The #Stoicism of #Epictetus. #Stoic

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@candidamoss Reminds me of the old paraphrase: "For God so loved the world that he did not send a committee."

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@candidamoss @NatGeo @FlintDibble @indyfromspace @TourismandAntiq @PTRBirmingham @news_ub If we don’t find alien technology, I will consider this a wasted effort. 😂

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Odd account below but I must admit, I agree. Despite some good quotes, which we see often, I never found Marcus to be very profound or even to say too much of value. But your mileage may vary.

[Redhead Wife Haver ✝️ Azn QT Respecter @basedminabro]

I am halfway through Book IV in my Lenten read of MA and I am baffled at how anyone is deriving meaningful life lessons from this faux-ruminative navel-gazing. I now see why I only read it twice (once in each language). I still maintain that Epictetus is far superior.

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Marcus Aurelius notes that he learned “Dignity without pretense [affectation].”

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@OneMinuteStoic Which is why I didn't know that.

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Epictetus (2.19.28): It is one's serenity that distinguishes the true Stoic from those who merely put on the form of a philosopher. The latter speaks brave words but collapses under the weight (or threat) of hardship. "But, philosopher, tell me, why are you trembling?" (2.19.18)

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@daisyldixon I've always wanted to go to Prague.

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I’ve been offered a new teaching position. This one will allow me to teach more of the types of material that interest me.

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from Epictetus, Disc. Bk II

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The person who longs after some sort of lasting fame does not realize that each person who remembers them will soon be dead, as will they themselves. (M. Aur. Med. 4.19)

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No excuse is ever needed to buy another Loeb (or two!).

[Paul Found @PaulFound17]

Glad #AmazonPrime are still working! Remotely teaching #inVerrum, in English, but I don't need too much of an excuse to enhance the #Loeb collection :) #Cicero

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@thestoicwoman I unfollowed a bunch of people and inadvertently unfollowed you so I am following you back. If you receive a notification about it that's what is going on. Hope all is well with you and yours.

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@PaulFound17 Nice! No excuse needed!

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2020 was the year where I kept saying, "I never thought I would see _____ in my lifetime." 2021 is shaping up to outdo 2020. What a time to be alive.

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Difficulties need not penetrate to your soul but can remain external. All the things which you now see are changing and will not continue to exist as they are. The cosmos is constant change, and our lives are but a series of choices. (M. Aur. Med. 4.3)

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Do not hold the same views as the person who does you harm, or even wishes to harm you. Rather, see these judgments for what they truly are. (M. Aur. Med 4.11)

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A person can be both fully engaged and at peace. (M. Aur. Med. 1.8)