Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

Igor Grossman is a social-cognitive scientist at the University of Waterloo. He's done work on Wisdom, cultural change, rationality, and more. He's also a cohost of the On Wisdom podcast.

Happy new year to Stoics around the world. May 2021 be excellent. — stoa (@stoameditation) January 1, 2021 To Stoics across the globe, happy new year! Whatever this year brought

Feelings and emotions sound like the same thing, but they aren't. Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists distinguish the two. Yet confusing the two often causes suffering. To see why let's

Dr. Christian Miller is a philosophy professor at Wake Forest University. His most recent book, The Character Gap, investigates just how good we are (and how we can be better)

The Stoics, like their philosophical rivals, the Epicureans, believed that death was nothing to us. It was not something to be feared. Nor is it bad for us at all.

Dr. Gregory Sadler is a prolific public philosopher. He's a teacher, YouTuber, editor of Stoicism Today, and president of ReasonIO. I spoke to him about Stoicism, freedom, and the meaning

Massimo Pigliucci's life was transformed when he read the following line: I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will

Seneca has a line on some of the core ideas of Stoicism: Never give into adversity, never trust prosperity, and always treat fortune as if everything that will come to

Announcing a new sequence in the Theory section of Stoa. Marcus Hedahl is a professor at the US Naval Academy and this is his second appearance on Stoa. In this

What did the ancient Stoics get right? What did they get wrong? I spoke with Piotr Stankeiwicz, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, on this topic. He's a member

An exciting update! Stoa now includes music from Michael Levy. Michael Levy is a contemporary composer and Lyre player. His music has been featured across the world, in operas, festivals,

I've uploaded a new sequence in the Theory section of Stoa with Scott Aikin. Scott Aikin is a professor at Vanderbilt. He's currently authoring a book on Epictetus with William

Seneca wrote:   My thought for today is something which I found in Epicurus (yes, I actually make a practice of going over to the enemy’s camp – by way of

William Stephens, a is a Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University, is a first-rate scholar of Stoicism. We recently recorded a few short clips explaining Marcus Aurelius' thought and life

Michael Levy is a contemporary composer and lyre player. His work has been featured around the world, in many different mediums. From commercials to operas. In his own words: So,

Ron Hall is the founder of Stoic Therapy and author of Secundum Naturam. After a successful career in finance, he's turned to the sharing Stoic knowledge and practice. From his

This week, a conversation and a book. Ed LatimoreI'd like to highlight our conversation with Ed Latimore. Ed focuses on teaching stoic street smarts. He has an impressive range of

Stoicism is sometimes caricatured as being solipsistic. As being more concerned with the mental world than the actual world. These criticisms are not sufficient for rejecting the philosophy. But there's

Ed Latimore is the author of Not Caring What Other People Think Is A Superpower. He's a former heavy weight boxer, been in the United States army national guard, and

This week we'll highlight three books on Stoicism. Stoic Spiritual Exercises by Elaine Buzare A fine and personal book on Elaine Buzare's exercise regimen. It's influenced by Pierre Hadot, the

John Sellars is a lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. He's a foremost expert on ancient philosophy and Stoicism in particular. He's the author of Hellenistic Philosophy,

The early Stoic, Aristo, remarked: Dialectic reasonings are like cobwebs—artificially constructed, but otherwise useless.Another construction has him saying: Those who dwell on dialectics resemble those who chew on

Admiral James Stockdale was one of the great American Stoics. Courage Under Fire chronicles his internment as a prisoner of war and his use of Epictetus. Here's a characteristic sample

Kai Whiting is a lecturer at Université catholique de Louvain in Portugal. His academic work concerns resource use and the practical application of Stoic philosophy to the challenges of the