Vox StoicaI recently summarised this book to feed into an app I'm creating around forming routines. These are my notes. You can buy the book here (affiliate): geni.us/AtomicHabitsOnAmazon You can sign up to app updates here: geni.us/App_MailingList
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Atomic Habits SummarizedVox Stoica2021-12-08 | I recently summarised this book to feed into an app I'm creating around forming routines. These are my notes. You can buy the book here (affiliate): geni.us/AtomicHabitsOnAmazon You can sign up to app updates here: geni.us/App_MailingList
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Timings 00:00 Start 0:11 Overview 0:31 Small Changes 2:05 Systems Over Goals 4:27 Identity Change 7:54 How Habits Form 11:24 Cue 1 12:26 Cue 2 13:41 Cue 3 14:23 Cue 4 14:49 Cue 5 17:26 Craving 1 18:36 Craving 2 19:25 Craving 3 20:05 Craving 4 22:44 Response 1 25:42 Response 2 26:48 Response 3 28:20 Response 4 29:19 Reward 1 30:15 Reward 2 31:32 Reward 3 33:03 Reward 4 35:17 Closing Points 37:54 Signup FormMake an Audible Quality Audiobook | USING AUDACITYVox Stoica2022-04-23 | I've been making audiobooks in my free time for the last 6 years. Here's a download of some of what I've learned. If any of this is of use to you then using any of the links below will support me. If you have an audio question leave a comment. I'm not a professional voice actor or audio editor, I just use Audacity and mid ranged equipment. I record in the hallway of my apartment as it's the only place away from main roads. See me edit a book here: youtube.com/watch?v=uJxm2IXH-t0
Timings: Intro 0:00 Microphones 0:32 Extra Equipment 3:42 Recording Space 5:38 Recording Setup 7:29 ---------------------------------------------- Audacity Setup 9:30 Plugins 12:11 Volume 12:27 Things to Keep in Mind 13:36 Shortform 17:04 Punch & Roll vs Continuous 17:33 Mouth Clicks 18:54 ---------------------------------------------- Mastering Chain of Effects 20:16 Keyboard & Macro Shortcuts 21:13 Step 1 Remove 80Hz 21:45 Step 2 Amplify 22:13 Step 3 Denoise 22:39 Step 4 Editing Step 5 Declicking 24:59 Step 6 Reduce Breaths 26:35 Step 7 EQ 27:38 Step 8 Amplify Max 28:26 Step 9 Limiter or Compressor 28:44 Step 10 Deesser or Desibrilator 30:48 Step 11 Organise For Distribution 31:50 Video 34:36 Closing, Discord & Language Course 35:02Channel IntroVox Stoica2022-03-14 | On this channel I record audiobooks of the original Stoic materials written 2000 years ago. I also do book summaries and create guided daily routines.
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I recently summarised Atomic Habits to feed into an app I'm creating around forming routines. These are my notes. You can buy the book here (affiliate): geni.us/AtomicHabitsOnAmazon You can sign up to app updates here: geni.us/App_MailingList
#ShortsSeneca - Moral Letters to Lucilius | Volume 3 (93-124)Vox Stoica2022-02-01 | Video sponsor: Shortform is a fantastic app offering detailed yet concise book summaries. Receive a 20% discount by using this referral: shortform.com/vox
The third and final volume in The Moral Letters to Lucilius. (I've collected them into three volumes because the individual letters were offending YouTube's algorithm.)
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.
Timestamps Start - 0:00 94: On the value of advice - 08:41 95: On the usefulness of basic principles - 55:46 96: On facing hardships - 01:40:37 97: On the degeneracy of the age - 01:44:05 98: On the fickleness of fortune - 01:54:23 99: On consolation to the bereaved - 02:06:04 100: On the writings of Fabianus - 02:26:25 101: On the futility of planning ahead - 02:35:17 102: On the intimations of our immortality - 02:44:23 103: On the dangers of association with our fellow-men - 03:02:39 104: On care of health and peace of mind - 03:05:38 105: On facing the world with confidence - 03:26:53 106: On the corporeality of virtue - 03:31:44 107: On obedience to the universal will - 03:37:00 108: On the approaches to philosophy - 03:43:44 109: On the fellowship of wise men - 04:07:01 110: On true and false riches - 04:16:51 111: On the vanity of mental gymnastics - 04:29:04 112: On reforming hardened sinners - 04:32:00 113: On the vitality of the soul and its attributes - 04:34:05 114: On style as a mirror of character - 04:51:51 115: On the superficial blessings - 05:10:32 116: On self-control - 05:22:26 117: On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties - 05:27:47 118: On the vanity of place-seeking - 05:50:06 119: On nature as our best provider - 06:00:34 120: More about virtue - 06:09:56 121: On instinct in animals - 06:24:21 122: On darkness as a veil for wickedness - 06:38:10 123: On the conflict between pleasure and virtue - 06:49:38 124: On the true good as attained by reason - 07:00:09 Shortform - 7:13:30The Discourses of Epictetus - Fragments - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2021-05-19 | These are the fragmentary remains of books 5-8 of the Discourses of Epictetus. The Discourses are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
This is my own recording and is not infringing on any copyright.
#Stoicism #Epictetus #PewdiepieBookReviewMusonius Rufus - Lectures & Fragments (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2021-05-04 | This is my own narration of Musonius Rufus' Lectures.
Gaius Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero and so was sent into exile in 65 AD, returning to Rome only under Galba. He was allowed to stay in Rome when Vespasian banished all other philosophers from the city in 71 AD although he was eventually banished anyway, returning only after Vespasian's death. A collection of extracts from his lectures still survives. He is also remembered for being the teacher of Epictetus.
It is unknown whether Musonius wrote anything for publication. His philosophical opinions were collected by two of his students. One collection of Discourses, by a certain Lucius, form the basis of the 21 lengthy extracts in this recording. A second collection was compiled by one Pollio; it has been lost, but some fragments survive which have been added on as an addendum
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#Stoicism #MusoniusRufus #PhilosophyThe Discourses of Epictetus - Book 4 - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2021-02-02 | The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
This is my own recording of Book 4/4 of The Discourses of Epictetus.
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#Stoicism #Epictetus #PewdiepieBookReviewSeneca: On Clemency, addressed to Nero - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2020-12-26 | On Clemency is a two volume hortatory essay written in 55–56 CE by Seneca the Younger to the emperor Nero in the first five years of his reign
Timestamps Start 0:00 Book 1.1 - 0:10 Book 1.2 - 6:21 Book 1.3 - 8:11 Book 1.4 - 11:49 Book 1.5 - 13:40 Book 1.6 - 17:46 Book 1.7 - 19:16 Book 1.8 - 21:26 Book 1.9 - 24:44 Book 1.10 - 31:34 Book 1.11 - 33:44 Book 1.12 - 36:13 Book 1.13 - 39:37 Book 1.14 - 43:18 Book 1.15 - 45:19 Book 1.16 - 48:40 Book 1.17 - 50:59 Book 1.18 - 52:32 Book 1.19 - 54:24 Book 1.20 - 59:13 Book 1.21 - 1:00:54 Book 1.22 - 1:03:36 Book 1.23 - 1:05:13 Book 1.24 - 1:06:35 Book 1.25 - 1:07:40 Book 1.26 - 1:10:45 Book 2.1 - 1:14:12 Book 2.2 - 1:16:10 Book 2.3 - 1:18:20 Book 2.4 - 1:19:37 Book 2.5 - 1:21:58 Book 2.6 - 1:24:29 Book 2.7 - 1:27:18 Book 2.8 - 1:30:43The Discourses of Epictetus - Book 3 - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2020-12-05 | This is my narration of The Discourses of Epictetus
The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
This is my own recording of Book 3/4 of The Discourses of Epictetus.
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#Stoicism #Epictetus #PewdiepieBookReviewSeneca - Moral Letters - 92: On the Happy LifeVox Stoica2020-11-27 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “What is the happy life? It is peace of mind, and lasting tranquillity. This will be yours if you possess greatness of soul; it will be yours if you possess the steadfastness that resolutely clings to a good judgment just reached” "pleasure, on the contrary, actually destroys the soul and softens all its vigour"What is Epicureanism and is it compatible with Stoicism?Vox Stoica2020-11-21 | Are they compatible and what can each learn from the other? Epicureanism began around the same time as Stoicism but is frequently dismissed by prominent Stoics such as Epictetus. This video examines the differences in theory and practice. (Correction: At 3:30 I said the Stoics were opposed to divination, this is not correct, they did in fact incorporate it into their metaphysics)
0:00 - Start 0:21 - Intro 1:28 - High level overview ---------------------------------------------- 4:20 - History 6:48 - Epicurus' other works 8:32 - Types of pleasure 10:28 - Types of desire 15:53 - Religion, death & society ---------------------------------------------- 19:37 - Recap 22:40 - Takeaways for Stoics 24:48 - Takeaways for Epicureans
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What is Epicureanism and is it compatible with Stoicism? #Epicureanism #StoicismThe Discourses of Epictetus - Book 2 - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2020-06-03 | This is my narration of The Discourses of Epictetus
The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
This is my own recording of Book 2/4 of The Discourses of Epictetus.
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#Stoicism #Epictetus #PewdiepieBookReviewSeneca - Moral Letters - 91: On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of LyonsVox Stoica2020-04-06 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “it is the unexpected that puts the heaviest load upon us. Strangeness adds to the weight of calamities, and every mortal feels the greater pain as a result of that which also brings surprise” “Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen” “increases are of sluggish growth, but the way to ruin is rapid. Nothing, whether public or private, is stable” “We should therefore reflect upon all contingencies, and should fortify our minds against the evils which may possibly come. 8. Exile, the torture of disease, wars, shipwreck, – we must think on these” “let us summon to our minds beforehand, not as great an evil as oftentimes happens, but the very greatest evil that possibly can happen. We must reflect upon fortune fully and completely” “Let us rise, therefore, to confront the operations of Fortune, and whatever happens, let us have the assurance that it is not so great as rumour advertises it to be” “all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to die, we live!” 9:50 “Cry out in anger if any unfair measures are taken with reference to you individually; but if this inevitable law is binding upon the highest and the lowest alike, be reconciled to fate, by which all things are dissolved” 12:09 “What madness it is to be afraid of disrepute in the judgement of the disreputable”The Discourses of Epictetus - Book 1 - (My Narration & Notes)Vox Stoica2020-03-28 | This is my narration of The Discourses of Epictetus The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
This is my own recording of Book 1/4 of The Discourses of Epictetus.
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#Stoicism #Epictetus #PewdiepieBookReviewSeneca - Moral Letters - 90: On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of ManVox Stoica2020-03-18 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “For men cease to possess all things the moment they desire all things for their own”. “For them ruling was a service, not an exercise of royalty” “A thatched roof once covered free men; under marble and gold dwells slavery.” “it is we that have made everything difficult for ourselves, through our disdain for what is easy” “it has now come to this – that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.” “In these days, however, our houses constitute a large portion of our dread” “For nature does not bestow virtue; it is an art to become good.”Seneca - Moral Letters - 89: On the Parts of PhilosophyVox Stoica2020-03-04 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “For over-analysis is faulty in precisely the same way as no analysis at all” “Wisdom is the perfect good of the human mind; philosophy is the love of wisdom, and the endeavour to attain it” “[People have referred to philosophy as] a study of the way to amend the mind” “For over-analysis is faulty in precisely the same way as no analysis at all;” “If any of these three be defective (value, impulse, action], there is confusion in the rest also. For what benefit is there in having all things appraised, each in its proper relations, if you go to excess in your impulses? What benefit is there in having checked your impulses [and desires], if when you come to action you [do not know] how each action should be carried out?...Hence life is in harmony with itself only when action has not deserted impulse, and when impulse toward an object arises in each case from the worth of the object...” “Hence life is in
harmony with itself only when action has not deserted impulse,
and when impulse toward an object arises in each case from the
worth of the object”Seneca - Moral Letters - 88: On Liberal and Vocational StudiesVox Stoica2020-02-28 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “there is only one really liberal study, – that which gives a man his liberty.” “Show me rather, by the example of Ulysses, how I am to love my country, my wife, my father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I am to sail toward these ends, honourable as they are.” “You know what a straight line is; but how does it benefit you if you do not know what is straight in this life of ours?” *Virgil: Georgics *Virgil: Georgics “For just as I know that all things can happen, so I know, too, that they will not happen in every case. I am ready for favourable events in every case, but I am prepared for evil.” *emetic: a medicine or other substance which causes vomiting “For what good does it do us to guide a horse and control his speed with the curb, and then find that our own passions, utterly uncurbed, bolt with us? Or to beat many opponents in wrestling or boxing, and then to find that we ourselves are beaten by anger?” “Why, then, do we educate our children in the liberal studies?” it is not because they can bestow virtue, but because they prepare the soul for the reception of virtue “This desire to know more than is sufficient is a sort of intemperance. Why? Because this unseemly pursuit of the liberal arts makes men troublesome, wordy, tactless, self-satisfied bores, who fail to learn the essentials just because they have learned the non-essentials.” “It is at the cost of a vast outlay of time and of vast discomfort to the ears of others that we win such praise as this: ‘What a learned man you are!’ Let us be content with this recommendation, less citified though it be: ‘What a good man you are!’ “…think how much superfluous and unpractical matter the philosophers contain! Of their own accord they also have descended to establishing nice divisions of syllables, to determining the true meaning of conjunctions and prepositions; they have been envious of the scholars, envious of the mathematicians. They have taken over into their own art all the superfluities of these other arts; the result is that they know more about careful speaking than about careful living.”A Stoic does Stand Up - (We choose how we interpret things)Vox Stoica2020-02-25 | My first time doing standup at The Bill Murray in London. (23 Feb 2020) angelcomedy.co.uk/bill-murray
Themed on choosing to take offence and why it's not always advisable to accept yourself just as you are.Seneca - Moral Letters - 87: Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple LifeVox Stoica2020-02-16 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “He who blushes at riding in a rattle-trap will boast when he rides in style” “Or perchance you think it matters whether one has borrowed from another man or from Fortune” “That which is good makes men good. For example, that which is good in the art of music makes the musician. But chance events do not make a good man; therefore, chance events are not goods.” “That which can fall to the lot of any man, no matter how base or despised he may be, is not a good. But wealth falls to the lot of the pander and the trainer of gladiators; therefore wealth is not a good.” “Good does not result from evil. But riches result from greed; therefore, riches are not a good.” “That which, while we are desiring to attain it, involves us in many evils, is not a good. But while we are desiring to attain riches, we become involved in many evils; therefore, riches are not a good” “riches shower upon us a semblance of the good, which is like the reality and wins credence in the eyes of many men.” “Things which bestow upon the soul no greatness or confidence or freedom from care are not goods. But riches and health and similar conditions do none of these things; therefore, riches and health are not goods.”Seneca - Moral Letters - 86: On Scipios VillaVox Stoica2020-02-10 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
Notes: “Cato: ‘It is my wish, not to infringe in the least upon our laws, or upon our customs; let all Roman citizens have equal rights. O my country, make the most of the good that I have done, but without me. I have been the cause of your freedom, and I shall also be its proof; I go into exile, if it is true that I have grown beyond what is to your advantage!’ - What can I do but admire this magnanimity, which led him to withdraw into voluntary exile and to relieve the state of its burden?” “Vergil sought, however, not what was nearest to the truth, but what was most appropriate, and aimed, not to teach the farmer, but to please the reader”Seneca - Moral Letters - 85: On Some Vain SyllogismsVox Stoica2020-02-03 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(This is my own recording, it is not taken from Audible or anywhere else)
Notes: “Again, if reason prevails, the passions will not even get a start; but if they get under way against the will of reason, they will maintain themselves against the will of reason. For it is easier to stop them in the beginning than to control them when they gather force” “the evils that afflict the mind do not admit of moderation. You can more easily remove than control them.” “For it is easier to keep a thing out than to keep it under after you have let it in” “it is the surrendering of one's liberty into their control, when really we ought to suffer all things in order to preserve this liberty” “no human virtue can rid itself of feelings” “The wise man's purpose in conducting his life is not to accomplish at all hazards what he tries, but to do all things right"The Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha - (My Narration)Vox Stoica2020-01-28 | This is my narration of The Dhammapada, which is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures.
Time Stamps: Start - 0:00 Chapter I: The Twin-Verses - 0:13 Chapter II: On Earnestness - 4:15 Chapter III: Thought - 6:45 Chapter IV: Flowers - 8:51 Chapter V: The Fool - 11:53 Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) - 15:05 Chapter VII: The Venerable (Arhat) - 17:53 Chapter VIII: The Thousands - 19:57 Chapter IX: Evil - 23:02 Chapter X: Punishment - 25:43 Chapter XI: Old Age - 28:51 Chapter XII: Self - 30:48 Chapter XIII: The World - 32:51 Chapter XIV: The Buddha (The Awakened) - 34:57 Chapter XV: Happiness - 38:20 Chapter XVI: Pleasure - 40:39 Chapter XVII: Anger - 42:46 Chapter XVIII: Impurity - 45:19 Chapter XIX: The Just - 49:14 Chapter XX: The Way - 52:16 Chapter XXI: Miscellaneous - 56:28 Chapter XXII: The Downward Course - 59:24 Chapter XXIII: The Elephant - 1:02:14 Chapter XXIV: Thirst - 1:05:06 Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) - 1:10:59 Chapter XXVI - The Brahmana (Arhat) - 1:15:28
Some Quotes I liked: Chapter III: Thought 35 It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness. 36 Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list: thoughts well guarded bring happiness. Chapter IV: Flowers 50 Not the perversities of others, not their sins of commission or omission, but his own misdeeds and negligences should a sage take notice of. Chapter V: The Fool 69 As long as the evil deed done does not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is like honey; but when it ripens, then the fool suffers grief. Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita)edit 80 Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion themselves. 81 As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise. Chapter IX: Eviledit 122 Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gather it little by little. Chapter XI: Old Ageedit 156 Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, lie, like broken bows, sighing after the past. Chapter XII: Selfedit 158 Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer. 163 Bad deeds, and deeds hurtful to ourselves, are easy to do; what is beneficial and good, that is very difficult to do. 165 By oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified. Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another. Chapter XV: Happinessedit 197 Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred! Chapter XVI: Pleasureedit 209 He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, forgetting the real aim (of life) and grasping at pleasure, will in time envy him who has exerted himself in meditation. Chapter XVIII: Impurityedit 252 The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of oneself is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the gambler. 253 If a man looks after the faults of others, and is always inclined to be offended, his own passions will grow, and he is far from the destruction of passions. Chapter XX: The Wayedit 280 He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the way to knowledge.Seneca - Moral Letters - 84: On Gathering IdeasVox Stoica2020-01-24 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes: “We ought not to confine ourselves either to writing or to reading” “the fruits of one's reading may be reduced to concrete form by the pen” “So it is with the food which nourishes our higher nature, – we should see to it that whatever we have absorbed should not be allowed to remain unchanged, or it will be no part of us. 7. We must digest it; otherwise it will merely enter the memory and not the reasoning power” “you see how wretched a man's plight is if he who is the object of envy feels envy also”The Apology of Socrates - (According to Plato) - My Narration & NotesVox Stoica2020-01-20 | This is my narration of Plato's account of Socrates' defence against the accusations of atheism and corrupting the youth, with notes. Socrates' Accusers: Anytus, a rich and socially prominent Athenian who opposed the Sophists on principle. Socrates says that Anytus joined the prosecution because he was "vexed on behalf of the craftsmen and politicians" Meletus, the only accuser to speak during Socrates's speech of self-defence; he was the tool of Anytus, the true enemy of Socrates. Socrates says that Meletus joined the prosecution because he was "vexed on behalf of the poets" Lycon, who represented the professional rhetoricians as an interest group. Socrates says that Lycon joined the prosecution because he was "vexed on behalf of the rhetoricians"
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Timings: Start 0:00 Socrates' Opening: 0:10 Socrates' Defense: 5:05 The Vote of Condemnation: 53:28 Socrates' Death 59:53
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Notes: “I shall keep watching myself continually, and – a most useful habit – shall review each day” “the sage, even if now and then he is led on by good cheer which, for a friend's sake, is carried somewhat too far, yet always stops short of drunkenness” “…if you wish to prove that a good man ought not to get drunk, why work it out by logic?” “Drunkenness does not create vice, it merely brings it into view” “What glory is there in carrying much liquor?” “…what men call pleasures are punishments as soon as they have exceeded due bounds.”Seneca - Moral Letters - 82: On the Natural Fear of DeathVox Stoica2020-01-05 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes: “For the soul is made womanish by degrees, and is weakened until it matches the ease and laziness in which it lies” “Both extremes are to be deprecated – both tension and sluggishness.” “Leisure without study is death; it is a tomb for the living man.” “Fortune [can] seize none except him that clings to her.” “nothing glorious can result from unwillingness and cowardice; virtue does nothing under compulsion.” “You cannot "still braver go," if you are persuaded that those things are the real evils. Root out this idea from your soul; otherwise your apprehensions will remain undecided and will thus check the impulse to action” “Away, I say, with all that sort of thing, which makes a man feel, when a question is propounded to him, that he is hemmed in, and forces him to admit a premiss, and then makes him say one thing in his answer when his real opinion is another” “Away, I say, with all that sort of thing, which makes a man feel, when a question is propounded to him, that he is hemmed in, and forces him to admit a premiss, and then makes him say one thing in his answer when his real opinion is another” “certain arguments are rendered useless and unavailing by their very subtlety”Seneca: Of Consolation to MarciaVox Stoica2019-10-04 | Marcia actively mourned the death of her son Metilius for over three years. In his consolation, Seneca attempts to convince her that the fate of her son, while tragic, should not have been a surprise. She knew many other mothers who had lost their sons; why should she expect her own son to survive her? The acknowledgement, even expectation, of the worst of all possible outcomes is a tenet of Seneca's Stoic philosophy. While Seneca sympathised with Marcia, he reminded her that "we are born into a world of things which are all destined to die," and that if she could accept that no one is guaranteed a just life (that is, one in which sons always outlive their mothers), she could finally end her mourning and live the rest of her life in peace.
ACST has also made a video short from one of the quotes in this text, check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=-O1HW-kJb3o (If you would like to use any clips from my videos just drop me a message via my About me page)Seneca - Moral Letters - 81: On BenefitsVox Stoica2019-09-14 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes: “It is better, however, to get no return than to confer no benefits.” “In order to discover one grateful person, it is worthwhile to make trial of many ungrateful ones” “we weigh not the bulk of the gift, but the quality of the good-will which prompted it.” “I reckon a benefit at a higher rate than an injury” “…anyone who receives a benefit more gladly than he repays it is mistaken” “A man is an ingrate if he repays a favour without interest. Therefore, interest also should be allowed for, when you compare your receipts and your expenses.” “We should try by all means to be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a sense in which justice, that is commonly supposed to concern other persons, is not; gratitude returns in large measure unto itself. There is not a man who, when he has benefited his neighbour, has not benefited himself, – I do not mean for the reason that he whom you have aided will desire to aid you…but that the reward for all the virtues lies in the virtues themselves”
“Let us therefore avoid being ungrateful, not for the sake of others but for our own sakes. When we do wrong, only the least and lightest portion of it flows back upon our neighbour; the worst and, if I may use the term, the densest portion of it stays at home and troubles the owner” “The ungrateful man tortures and torments himself; he hates the gifts which he has accepted, because he must make a return for them, and he tries to belittle their value, but he really enlarges and exaggerates the injuries which he has received. And what is more wretched than a man who forgets his benefits and clings to his injuries” “He does not put a wrong construction upon everything, or seek for someone whom he may hold responsible for each happening; he rather ascribes even the sins of men to chance. He will not misinterpret a word or a look; he makes light of all mishaps by interpreting them in a generous way.” “We consider not what we have obtained, but what we are to seek” “For they are not praised because they ought to be desired, but they are desired because they have been praised; and when the error of individuals has once created error on the part of the public, then the public error goes on creating error on the part of individuals”My Summary of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius | (22 Stoic Principles)Vox Stoica2019-08-26 | This summary on Amazon: geni.us/MeditationsSummary (Affiliate link) This is my own summary of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I’ve taken nearly every point he made, reordered and then summarised them. If you're new to the book this provides a good idea of what he says in a much shorter, easier to understand form. I've done my best not to add anything myself except for where I'm explaining his point.
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Timings: Start - 0:00 1: When you Encounter Unkindness - 1:10 2. Everything Depends on How You Interpret it - 3:00 3. Your Mind Should Sit Superior to Your Body and its Sensations - 4:27 4. Stay Mindful and Take Deliberate Actions - 6:00 5. Don’t Retreat from the World - 7:02 6. Your Opinion of Yourself Matters More Than the Opinion of a Stranger - 8:20 7. Be Open to Correction - 9:39 8. Cherish the Freedom and Liberty of Everyone - 10:17 9. Have Some Self Respect - 11:43 10. Avoid Complaining - 12:35 11. The Obstacle is the Way - 12:57 12. Adversity is Part of Nature - 14:29 13. It’s Through Adversity That We Get Stronger - 15:46 14. Everything has happened before - 16:25 15. Stay Practical and Deal with What’s in Front of You - 17:57 16. Focus on Doing What is Right and be Prepared to Face Resistance - 19:32 17. Do Your Duty and Despise Cowardice - 21:13 18. Life is Short and Death Comes to us All, That Means the Time for Action is Now - 22:10 19. Practice Getting Back on Track - 24:33 20. Look Beneath to See Things for What They Truly Are - 26:05 21. Recognize Material Wealth is Neither a Good nor an Evil - 27:24 22. Express Gratitude - 28:54
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#Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #PewdiepieBookReviewSeneca - Moral Letters - 80: On Worldly DeceptionsVox Stoica2019-08-14 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes: “How many men, I say to myself, train their bodies, and how few train their minds!” “if the body can be trained to such a degree of endurance that it will stand the blows and kicks of several opponents at once…how much more easily might the mind be toughened so that it could receive the blows of Fortune and not be conquered?” “…you can acquire virtue without equipment and without expense. All that goes to make you a good man lies within yourself.” “If you wish to set a value on yourself, put away your money, your estates, your honours, and look into your own soul. At present, you are taking the word of others for what you are.”
#Stoicism #Seneca #VoxStoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 79: On the Rewards of Scientific DiscoveryVox Stoica2019-08-07 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(Note to YouTube: This is my own recording, it is not taken from anywhere else. I retain the copyright) Notes: “Fame is the shadow of virtue; it will attend virtue even against her will” “Virtue has never failed to reward a man, both during his life and after his death, provided he has followed her loyally, provided he has not decked himself out or painted himself up, but has been always the same, whether he appeared before men's eyes after being announced, or suddenly and without preparation.” “Pretence accomplishes nothing. Few are deceived by a mask that is easily drawn over the face”.
#Stoicism #Seneca #VoxStoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 78: On the Healing Power of the MindVox Stoica2019-07-31 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes: “Nothing, my excellent Lucilius, refreshes and aids a sick man so much as the affection of his friends” “There is no sorrow in the world, when we have escaped from the fear of death” “a vision of dying has been many a man's salvation” “Therefore a high-minded and sensible man divorces soul from body, and dwells much with the better or divine part, and only as far as he must with this complaining and frail portion” “there is no bitterness in doing without that which you have ceased to desire.” “Pain is slight if opinion has added nothing to it…in thinking it slight, you will make it slight.” “Everything depends on opinion; ambition, luxury, greed, hark back to opinion. It is according to opinion that we suffer.” “A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself that he is. I hold that we should do away with complaint about past sufferings” “What benefit is there in reviewing past sufferings, and in being unhappy, just because once you were unhappy?” “that which was bitter to bear is pleasant to have borne” “Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, – the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet.” “Perchance some day the memory of this sorrow, Will even bring delight.” (Virgil) “As it is, however, what most men do is to drag down upon their own heads a falling ruin which they ought to try to support” 10:28 “What blows do athletes receive on their faces and all over their bodies! Nevertheless, through their desire for fame they endure every torture, and they undergo these things not only because they are fighting but in order to be able to fight. Their very training means torture.” “Do you think that you are doing nothing if you possess self-control in your illness? You will be showing that a disease can be overcome, or at any rate endured” “You have something to do: wrestle bravely with disease. If it shall compel you to nothing, beguile you to nothing, it is a notable example that you display” “Be your own spectator; seek your own applause.” “only idle leisure is wont to make men hate their lives” “any life must seem short to those who measure its length by pleasures which are empty and for that reason unbounded.” “Yield not to adversity; trust not to prosperity; keep before your eyes the full scope of Fortune's power, as if she would surely do whatever is in her power to do. That which has been long expected comes more gently”
#Stoicism #Seneca #VoxStoicaUltralearning - How to Rapidly Learn and Master New Skills - (SUMMARY)Vox Stoica2019-07-26 | Scott Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like Ben Franklin, Judit Polgar, and Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymaths like Nigel Richards who won the World Championship of French Scrabble—without knowing French.
Young documents the methods he and others have used and shows that, far from being an obscure skill limited to aggressive autodidacts, ultralearning is a powerful tool anyone can use to improve their career, studies, and life. Ultralearning explores this fascinating subculture, shares the nine principles behind every successful ultralearning project, and offers insights into how you can organize and execute a plan to learn anything deeply and quickly, without teachers or budget-busting tuition costs.
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#Ultralearning #ScottYoung #VoxStoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 77: On Taking Ones Own LifeVox Stoica2019-07-24 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSun Tzu: The Art of War - (My Narration)Vox Stoica2019-07-17 | The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. The work is composed of 13 chapters, each devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500 years it was the lead text in an anthology that would be formalised as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
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0. Start - 0:00 1. Laying Plans - 0:09 2. Waging War - 4 :37 3. Attack by Stratagem - 8:35 4. Tactical Dispositions - 13:06 5 Energy - 16:31 6 Weak Points and Strong - 20:56 7. Manoeuvring - 27:21 8. Variation in Tactics - 33:12 9. The Army on the March - 36:09 10. Terrain - 43:50 11. The Nine Situations - 50:19 12. The Attack by Fire - 1:02:19 13. The Use of Spies - 1:05:49 14. Sun Tzu and the Lesson of the Concubines - 1:10:54Seneca - Moral Letters - 76: On Learning Wisdom in Old AgeVox Stoica2019-07-10 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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#Stoicism #SenecaSeneca - Moral Letters - 75: On the Diseases of the SoulVox Stoica2019-07-03 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSeneca: On the Firmness of the Wise ManVox Stoica2019-06-29 | This is my own recording of the second essay of L Annaeus Seneca. It was written sometime around 55 AD and celebrates the imperturbility of the ideal Stoic sage, who with an inner firmness, is strengthened by injury and adversity.
The Notes I Took: “…untested power is untrustworthy, whereas that solidity which hurls back all attacks is deservedly regarded as the most trustworthy of all”
“‘it would be better,’ say you, ‘if no one [treated the wise man badly].’ You are expressing a wish that the whole human race were inoffensive, which may hardly be”
“such is the weakness of men's minds, that many think that there is nothing more bitter than insult”
“wisdom leaves no room for evil; to it, the only evil is baseness, which cannot enter into the place already occupied by virtue and honour. If, therefore, there can be no injury without evil, and no evil without baseness, and baseness cannot find any place with a man who is already filled with honour, it follows that no injury can reach the wise man”
“the wise man can lose nothing. He has invested everything in himself, has entrusted nothing to fortune, has his property in safety, and is content with virtue, which does not need casual accessories, and therefore can neither be increased or diminished”
“fortune does not give virtue; therefore she does not take it away. Virtue is free”
“The wise man therefore can lose nothing of whose loss he will be sensible, for he is the property of virtue alone, from whom he never can be taken away. He enjoys all other things at the good pleasure of fortune; but who is grieved at the loss of what is not his own?”
“What was being plundered and carried away hither and thither he did not consider to be his own, but to be merely things which come and go at the caprice of fortune; therefore he had not loved them as his own, for the possession of all things which come from without is slippery and insecure.”
“no siege engines can be discovered which can shake a well-established mind”
“what belongs to myself is with me, and ever will be”
“it is possible for someone to do an injury to me, and yet for me not to receive it”
“if we know that death is not an evil, and therefore is not an injury either, we shall much more easily endure the other things, such as losses, pains, disgraces, changes of abode, bereavements, and partings”
“So far, however, is he from shrinking from the encounter either of circumstances or of men, that he makes use of injury itself to make trial of himself and test his own virtue”
“bodily pain and weakness, the loss of friends and children, and the ruin of his country in war-time. I do not say that the wise man does not feel these, for we do not ascribe to him the hardness of stone or iron; there is no virtue but is conscious of its own endurance.”
“In the same spirit in which we deal with boys, the wise man deals with all those whose childhood still endures after their youth is past and their hair is grey”
“the wise man, therefore, is quite justified in treating the affronts which he receives from such men as jokes”
“Seek out sufferings and all things hard to be borne, repulsive to be heard or seen”
“We do not deny that it is an unpleasant thing to be beaten or struck, or to lose one of our limbs, but we say that none of these things are injuries. We do not take away from them the feeling of pain, but the name of ‘injury,’ which cannot be received while our virtue is unimpaired”
“it is a sort of revenge to spoil a man's enjoyment of the insult he has offered to us;” “the success of an insult lies in the sensitiveness and rage of the victim”
“Let wounded spirits, then, console themselves with this reflexion, that, even though our easy temper may have neglected to revenge itself, nevertheless that there will be someone who will punish the impertinent, proud, and insulting man, for these are vices which he never confines to one victim or one single offensive act.”
“all things happen in a more endurable fashion to men who are prepared for them”
“We ought not to engage in quarrels and wrangling; we ought to betake ourselves far away and to disregard everything of this kind which thoughtless people do (indeed thoughtless people alone do it), and to set equal value upon the honours and the reproaches of the mob; we ought not to be hurt by the one or to be pleased by the other”
“freedom consists in raising one's mind superior to injuries and becoming a person whose pleasures come from himself alone”Seneca - Moral Letters - 74: On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly DistractionsVox Stoica2019-06-26 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
#Stoicism #Seneca #VoxStoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 73: On Philosophers and KingsVox Stoica2019-06-19 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
#Stoicism #Seneca #VoxStoicaIf - Rudyard Kipling meets StoicismVox Stoica2019-06-16 | Happy Father's Day If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Moral letters to Lucilius The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. Translated by Richard Mott Gummere: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius (These Moral Letters are also the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 72: On Business as the Enemy of PhilosophyVox Stoica2019-06-07 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 71: On the Supreme GoodVox Stoica2019-06-01 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(This is my own recording, it is not taken from Audible or anywhere else)
Notes: “As often as you wish to know what is to be avoided or what is to be sought, consider its relation to the Supreme Good, to the purpose of your whole life.” “Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.” “[a simple life, work, diligence, study]: These actions are not essentially difficult; it is we ourselves that are soft and flabby.” “We must pass judgment concerning great matters with greatness of soul; otherwise, that which is really our fault will seem to be their fault” “the wise man will tremble, will feel pain, will turn pale, For all these are sensations of the body” "Virtue is the only good; at any rate there is no good without virtue; and virtue itself is situated in our nobler part, that is, the rational part."
#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaPractical Stoicism - (Stoic Principles)Vox Stoica2019-05-24 | I particularly liked this book as a good resource for daily reminders of the Stoic principles. Here's a short description form the author: For anyone who has found a philosophical home in Stoicism, but still struggles to integrate the ancient lessons into their day-to-day life, this might be the book for you. Practical Stoicism is a collection of short essays to help bridge the gap between the essential teachings of the great stoic philosophers and the things we must do, in the here and now, to achieve the fulfilment they promised. Dip into any chapter whenever you need a quick reminder of how to move your philosophy out of your head and into your life."
Get it on Audible here: geni.us/PracticalStoicism Copyright note: This is my narration of the book and the first half has been uploaded in here with explicit permission from the author.
Start 00:00 Foreword: 0:15 GET UP 02:40 CATCH A SUNRIZE 04:52 PREPARE FOR BATTLE 05:53 REVIEW YOUR IMPRESSIONS 08:30 BRACE FOR TROLLS 10:21 READY YOUR TOOLS 11:52 PAUSE, ASSESS, THEN DECIDE 13:22 APPLY THE FORK 15:01 USE YOUR HEAD 18:10 TAKE A THIRD-PARTY PERSPECTIVE 21:21 SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY 23:20
#Stoicism #SenecaSeneca - Moral Letters - 70: On the Proper Time to Slip the CableVox Stoica2019-05-17 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(This is my own recording, it is not taken from Audible or anywhere else) #Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSeneca - Moral Letters - 69: On Rest and RestlessnessVox Stoica2019-05-10 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(This is my own recording, it is not taken from Audible or anywhere else)
Notes: “…frequent flitting means an unsteady spirit. And the spirit cannot through retirement grow into unity unless it has ceased from its inquisitiveness and its wanderings.” “…the remedies which are most helpful are those which are not interrupted.” “…he who would lay aside his desire for all the things which he used to crave so passionately, must turn away both eyes and ears from the objects which he has abandoned.” “No one dies except on his own day. You are throwing away none of your own time; for what you leave behind does not belong to you.”
#Stoicism #Seneca #Vox StoicaSeneca: Of LeisureVox Stoica2019-05-03 | Of Leisure: a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional, purposeful life.
Notes: “with leisure we can carry out that which we have once for all decided to be best, when there is no one to interfere with us and with the help of the mob pervert our as yet feeble judgment”
“…the worst of our various ills is that we change our very vices, and so we have not even the advantage of dealing with a well-known form of evil: we take pleasure first in one and then in another, and are, besides, troubled by the fact that our opinions are not only wrong, but lightly formed; we toss as it were on waves, and clutch at one thing after another: we let go what we just now sought for, and strive to recover what we have let go. We oscillate between desire and remorse, for we depend entirely upon the opinions of others, and it is that which many people praise and seek after, not that which deserves to be praised and sought after, which we consider to be best”
“If the state is so rotten as to be past helping, if evil has entire dominion over it, the wise man will not labour in vain or waste his strength in unprofitable efforts. Should he be deficient in influence or bodily strength, if the state refuse to submit to his guidance, if his health stand in the way, then he will not attempt a journey for which he is unfit”
“The duty of a man is to be useful to his fellow-men; if possible, to be useful to many of them; failing this, to be useful to a few; failing this, to be useful to his neighbours, and, failing them, to himself”
“…virtue placed in leisure without action is but an incomplete and feeble good thing, because she never displays what she has learned.”
“if such a state as we have dreamed of cannot be found on earth, it follows that leisure is necessary for everyone, because the one thing which might be preferred to leisure is nowhere to be found”
#Stoicism #Seneca #INTPWorldSeneca - Moral Letters - 68: On Wisdom and RetirementVox Stoica2019-04-26 | The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
(This is my own recording, it is not taken from Audible or anywhere else)
Notes: "...keep your retirement in the background. There is no need to fasten a placard upon yourself with the words: "Philosopher and Quietist." "It is, however, a sort of vaunting to make too much of one's concealment and of one's withdrawal from the sight of men." "...ponder that which you come to feel is your greatest weakness" "I do recommend retirement to you, but only that you may use it for greater and more beautiful activities than those which you have resigned..."