Vegan Stoic Podcast

May 17 2019 22 ep. 4 mins 53

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A podcast on how the philosophy of Stoicism can help you be vegan in a world that isn't, yet...

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21: Finding A Role Model

May 17 2019 6 mins

'Choose someone whose way of life as well as words, and whose very face as mirroring the character that lies behind it, have won your approval. Be always pointing him out to yourself either as your guardian or as your model. There is a need, in my view, for someone as a standard against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler to do it against you won’t make c

20: Discard The Junk

May 16 2019 5 mins

You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind…and clear out space for yourself… by comprehending the scale of the world… by contemplating infinite time… by thinking of the speed with which things change — each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equally unbounded time that follows. ~Marcus Aureliu

ep019: Consorting With The Crowd

Apr 29 2019 4 mins

To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith. Certainly, the greater the mob with which we mingle, the greater the danger. Seneca We really need to hold those we consort with to a higher standard. Those we hang around with are supposed to help us improve, and become a

ep018: Welcome Every Day

Apr 28 2019 3 mins

Every day as it comes should be welcomed and reduced forthwith into our own possession as if it were the finest day imaginable. What flies past has to be seized at. - Seneca, Letter CVIII How often do we wake up in the morning with a bad case of the CBFs, and decide that binging on Netflix or wasting time on social media is more important? Every day is the finest day imaginable.

Being Perceived As Ignorant

Apr 27 2019 4 mins

Today’s quote comes from Epictetus ''If you want to make progress, put up with being perceived as ignorant or naive in worldly matters, don't aspire to a reputation for sagacity. If you do impress others as somebody, don't altogether believe it. You have to realize, it isn't easy to keep your will in agreement with nature, as well as externals. Caring about the one inevitably mea

s01.016 Putting Things Into Perspective

Apr 18 2019 3 mins

Today's quote comes from Marcus Aurelius. Remember: Matter. How tiny your share of it. Time. How brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate. How small a role you play in it. While this may sound pessimistic, we need to start putting things into perspective. There is very little chance that what we are doing will change the world. Instead, we should be more focused on becoming

s01.15 Why Be Concerned About Others?

Apr 17 2019 3 mins

Today's quote comes from Seneca’s Letters From A Stoic Why be concerned about others, come to that, when you've outdone your own self? Set yourself a limit which you couldn't even exceed if you wanted to, and say good-bye at last to those deceptive prizes more precious to those who hope for them than to those who have won them. If there were anything substantial in them they wou

Don't Worry About What People Are Thinking

Apr 16 2019 3 mins

Today's quote comes from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Book II.8) Failure to observe what is in the mind of another has seldom made a man unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy. This quote is relevant due to far too many of us focusing on what people are thinking about, and what we think their reasons are for not going

Live A Good Life

Apr 15 2019 3 mins

Today's quote comes from Marcus Aurelius Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the m

When Another Blames You Or Hates You

Apr 14 2019 3 mins

Today's quote comes from Marcus Aurelius When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you. To be clear, this relates to those who say something about you when you