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something men and women of action use and have used throughout history to solve their problems and achieve their greatest triumphs, not in the classroom, but on the battlefield in the forum and at court. It was jotted down and practiced by slaves, poets, emperors politicians and soldiers as as ordinary folks to help with their own problems and those of their friends, family and followers. The wisdom is still there available to us. Specifically. I am referring to stoicism, which, in my opinion, is the most practical of all philosophies. A brief synopsis on this particular school of hellenistic philosophy. Stoicism was, founded in Athens by Zena City, I'm in the early third century BC, but was famously practised by the likes of Epictetus, Cato

and I got an Marcus Aurelius. The philosophy asserts that virtues such as wisdom is happiness and judgment be based on behaviour, rather than words that we all control and cannot rely on external events. Only ourselves and our sponsors, but at the very root of the thinking. There is a very simple, though not easy way of living, take obstacles in your life and turn them into your advantage. Control what you can and accept will you can't in the words of Epictetus quote in life, are first job? Is this to divide and distinguish things into two categories? Externals? I cannot control but the choices I make with regard to them. I do control. Where will I find good and bad in me, in my choices, end quote basically, we still have access to these ideas, despite the fact that many of the greatest stoics never row anything down for publication. Cato athlete and markets,

he has never intended for meditations to be anything but personal Senecas letters were well letters and Epictetus. His thoughts come to us by way of a note taking student, and so it was from their example their actions We find real philosophy because other than their common study of the philosophy, the stoics were all men of action, and I don't think this is a coincidence. Marcus Aurelius was or of the most powerful empire in the history of the world, Cato the moral example for many philosophers defended the Roman Republic with stoic bravery until defiant death even Epictetus. The lecturer had no cushy tenure. He was a former slave and this really be the surprising the modern day. Philosopher and writer, now Nicholas Tallow defines a stone as someone who quote transforms fear into prudence painted to transformation mistakes into initiation and desire into undertaking

using this definition as a model, we can see that throughout the centuries stoicism has been a common thread through some of histories. Gray leaders is in practice by kings President's artists, writers and entrepreneurs. Both historical modern man illustrate stoicism as a way of life, prussian king, Frederick, the great was there to ride with the works of the stoics in his saddle bags, because I could mean his words. Sustain you in misfortune. Meanwhile, maintain, the politician and essayist had a line from Epictetus carved into the beam above the study in which he spent most of his time. The founding fathers were also inspired by the philosophy George Washington was introduced to stoicism, buys neighbours at each seventeen and afterwards put on a plane Cato to inspire his men and that dark winter, a valley forge, whereas Thomas Jefferson had a cop, Seneca on is a nice stand when he died. The economist, Adam Smith theories.

interconnectedness of the world capitalism were significantly influenced by the Stoa. that he studied, as a schoolboy under a teacher, were translated, Marcus Aurelius, his works, the political thinker, John Stuart Mill wrote of me because it really is an stoicism in his famous treaties on liberty calling quo the highest ethical product of the ancient mind. End quote those influenced by the Stoics goes on Eugene deadlock. Roy, the renowned french romantic artists, known best for his painting, liberty, leading the people, was an ardent stoic, referring to it as his consoling religion to suddenly witwer himself. A former slave, who challenged emperor by Lee the Haitian Revolution red and was deeply influenced by the works of Epictetus Theodore Roosevelt after his presidency spent eight months exploring and nearly dying in the unknown jungles of the Amazon and of the eight books he brought on the journey to wear Marcus Aurelius. His meditations and Epictetus is and Caribbean indeed

they seem to represent the temperance and self control the philosophy beautifully when he said quote what such a needs, is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness does he can get only by practice. End quote likewise: he expressed a necessity action advocated by the Stoics Wendy famously remarked, quote. We must all wear out or rust out every one of us. My choice, MR wear out end quote today's leaders are different with many finding their inspiration from the ancient tax bill, Clinton reread Marcus Aurelius every single year while when jobs Former prime minister of China claims that meditations is one of two books. He travels as read it more than one hundred times over the course of his life. He he's. Stoicism and philosophy are not the domains of idle professors there, the sucker of the sick successful and the men and women of action, as the rope put it quote, to be a fly

The fur is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school. It is to solve some of them. Forms of life, not only theoretically but practically end quote the mantle as ours to pick up and cherry and do with what we can You just listen to the post, titled stoicism, practical philosophy. You can to use by Ryan Holiday of Ryan Holiday done that Lincoln his article Regan sign up for the daily stoics free, seventy course on stoicism. If you wanna check that out, this was sort of an interest. The why you pay attention to stoicism, I bring you more here and there, but that course would also be helpful again. That's it original article, which is linked in his episodes description, so do come by his ideas. In a large, covering stoicism, obviously but also productivity, marketing strategy in life in general, and yes, M reading lists were checking out too that's all Ryan Holiday Don NET and big. Thank you to I have no enemy. Nereids is one of the ordinary,

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