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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The question of how to live is central to every culture. The various religions and philosophies that have been developed to address these issues offer answers ranging from the mystical to the hyper-rational.
#2 I have always been inclined to seek more coherent ways to understand the world and better choices for living my life. I wrote a book, Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life, which combined ancient ideas of virtue ethics with the latest that the natural and social sciences told us about human nature.
#3 The New Atheism, with its emphasis on science and reason, is not the only way to pursue a secular life. You can also pursue a nonreligious approach by going Buddhism or secular humanism. But these two paths are somehow unsatisfying to me.
#4 I turned to Stoicism because it speaks most directly and convincingly to the inevitability of death and how to prepare for it. Life is an ongoing project, and death its natural end point. We should not fantasize about an immortality of which there is neither evidence nor reason to believe in, but we should not dismiss or avoid the issue of death either.

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Santé et bien-être

Bien-être émotionnel

Bien-être

Religion

Emotions

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	26 mars 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669366959
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The question of how to live is central to every culture. The various religions and philosophies that have been developed to address these issues offer answers ranging from the mystical to the hyper-rational.

#2

I have always been inclined to seek more coherent ways to understand the world and better choices for living my life. I wrote a book, Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life, which combined ancient ideas of virtue ethics with the latest that the natural and social sciences told us about human nature.

#3

The New Atheism, with its emphasis on science and reason, is not the only way to pursue a secular life. You can also pursue a nonreligious approach by going Buddhism or secular humanism. But these two paths are somehow unsatisfying to me.

#4

I turned to Stoicism because it speaks most directly and convincingly to the inevitability of death and how to prepare for it. Life is an ongoing project, and death its natural end point. We should not fantasize about an immortality of which there is neither evidence nor reason to believe in, but we should not dismiss or avoid the issue of death either.

#5

Stoicism is a philosophy that was developed to help people cope with the difficulties of life. It is based on the teachings of Epictetus, and it has been proven to be effective in treating depression and other mental conditions.

#6

Stoicism is a philosophy that focuses on the cultivation of a good character, and it is eminently democratic, cutting across social classes. It believes that moral character is the only truly worthy thing to cultivate, and that health, education, and wealth are preferred indifferents.

#7

I have decided to commit to Stoicism as a philosophy of life, to explore it, to find areas of improvement if possible, and to share it with like-minded others. I have chosen Epictetus as my guide, the first Stoic I encountered when I began my own exploration of that philosophy.

#8

Epictetus was a Stoic teacher who lived in Rome around the year 135 CE. He was a slave who was freed by his master, and then set up his own school in the capital of the empire. He taught until 93 CE, when the emperor Domitian banned all philosophers from Rome.

#9

We will explore Stoicism together through Epictetus’s discourses. We will discuss subjects such as God, cosmopolitanism in a fractured world, taking care of our families, the relevance of our own character, and more.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Stoicism began in Athens, Greece, in the year 300 BCE. It was founded by Zeno, a Phoenician merchant who became interested in philosophy after being shipwrecked on a voyage from Phoenicia to Peiraeus with a cargo of purple. He started a school that was called the Zenonians, after his nickname.

#2

Stoicism was a very practical philosophy that was based on the idea that in order to live a good life, you must understand two things: the nature of the world and the nature of human reasoning. The Stoics believed that a good character cannot be developed without an understanding of physics, logic, and ethics.