Stoicism, quotations from Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca
BackIn the life of the individual man, virtue is the sole good; such things as health, happiness, possessions, are of no account. Since virtue resides in the will, everything really good or bad in a man's life depends only upon himself. He may become poor, but what of it? He can still be virtuous. A tyrant may put him in prison, but he can still persevere in living in harmony with Nature. He may be sentenced to death, but he can die nobly, like Socrates. Therefore every man has perfect freedom, provided he emancipates himself from mundane desires.
- Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (254)
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Uploaded: June 26, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Author: tanit
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Video Comments:
TobiramaSenju (October 24, 2008 at 10:21 am)
Stoicism is very easy to preach.But its very tough to practice.
dtstrain (October 6, 2008 at 3:05 pm)
Thank you for this bit of Stoicism. We need more of it :|
knopflerdire (September 18, 2008 at 9:46 pm)
beter than god based religons
tanit (October 24, 2008 at 11:41 am)
Many stoics believed in a supreme intelligence known as the Logos, also sometimes referred to as God or Zeus. While the Stoics did not fixate on God, most of them believed in some divine logic to the universe.
dtstrain (August 13, 2008 at 5:53 pm)
Excellent :)
BroCaban (July 25, 2008 at 12:24 am)
Once again, Tanit has smoked his readings.
luisfcayo (July 20, 2008 at 4:31 pm)
This type of philosophy was killed by Justinian and his new faith... I realized that this philosophy still applies to today's problems.