Essential Stoic Concepts - Discipline of Action
Book Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Book Description: These are the most important concepts in Stoic philosophy.
Chapter: 8 of 32
Sections: 1
Author: Stoa
The Stoic practice of fulfilling your obligations to other people, by improving your impulses.
Stoicism is not about isolating ourselves from others in the pursuit of philosophy.
We have social roles to play: brother/sister, father/mother, friend or coworker.
We need to navigate indifferents.
These are the parts of living well that cannot follow general rules, because they are so particular to us.
This discipline concerns doing this well.
Book: Essential Stoic Concepts
Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Author: Stoa
Chapter: Discipline of Action (Chapter 8 of 32)
Sections in this chapter:
Section 2:
The Stoic practice of fulfilling your obligations to other people, by improving your impulses.
Stoicism is not about isolating ourselves from others in the pursuit of philosophy.
We have social roles to play: brother/sister, father/mother, friend or coworker.
We need to navigate indifferents.
These are the parts of living well that cannot follow general rules, because they are so particular to us.
This discipline concerns doing this well.