The Path of Stoics

The Path of Stoics

By LAB Maharaj

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Content

Introduction

The Birth of the Stoa

Zeno of Citium

Achieving Eudaimonia

The Republic

Duty, Passions, and Law

The Propositions of Chrysippus

The Nature of Properties

The Virtue of Courage

The Beliefs of Old

The Philosophy of Cato

Asceticism

Virtues and Vices

The Polymath

Physics (The Flesh and Blood)

Physics and Time

The Universe

Logic (Bones)

Stoic Rhetoric and Grammar

Ethics (Soul)

The Nature of Good Company

The Evil of Materialism

Cicero

In Accordance with your Nature

Achieving a Great Soul

On Seeking Knowledge

The Virtue in Worrying

Apply Your Knowledge

The Philosophy of Cicero

Letters From A Stoic

The Stationary Soul

Poverty is not a Curse

The Cure of the Mind

The Approval of Oneself

Changing your Destiny

Philosophy is a Way of Life

Sacrifice and Concentration

The Constraints of the Self

The Closure of Death

Power and Impressions

The Seeds of Greatness

The Roman Emperor

The Present Moment

Distorted Reality

Finding Peace Within Yourself

Resenting Others

Worrying about Frivolous people

Stoic Meditations

Aspirations and goals

Self Reflection Exercises

About the Author

Recommended Readings

References

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Introduction

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by the Greek sage Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. It taught that it is possible to attain the same level of happiness by seeking out good things in the here and now rather than the future. It is the only Hellenistic school that survived the Christian era, and it was largely responsible for the spread of the philosophical idea of the good life as a life of virtue or life in accordance with nature.

Wisdom is our ability to define good, bad and indifferent. One uses wisdom to view the world objectively, rather than what you want to perceive the world to be. The Stoic good is to act with virtue. It is to show courage, and live in moderation in accordance with one's nature. Indifference is all that has no value to life such as fame.

The Stoic virtue of courage is the opposing force of cowardice. It is not the elimination of fear or anxiety but acting despite your current emotions. When misfortune strikes at the man, of all catastrophes of life: infirmity, the loss of loved ones, loss of country, loss of wealth or even devastation of war, man should not impute to such hardness even when sensitive to the matters. It is not the act of not feeling but rather the overcoming of all things. Only then will you be strong and courageous. True strength comes from within

One man is gripped by his insatiable greed and the other by his dedication to his tasks. We can choose to be tormented by our passions and inflictions, or we can choose to pursue a virtuous life. That is Stoicism at its core: The pursuit of contentment. 

The sage is a man who has achieved the state of eudaimonia. Through virtue and reason is impervious to the suffering caused by the external