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Essential Stoic Concepts

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Discipline of Action

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Book Subtitle: A Stoic glossary

Book Description: These are the most important concepts in Stoic philosophy.

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.