Chris Gill on The Core Tenets of Stoicism (Episode 52)
Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
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The Stoics' Principles of Development
The stoics believe that it's natural for all of us to have certain core instincts or motives. One is to look after ourselves and the other is to care for other people. Both those things they think are equally natural, they're equally part of what it is to be human. And in both cases, development is a matter of beginning with those primary instincts, primary motives, and then developing them to the point of acquiring an exercise in virtue. So there you've got five elements about virtual unhappiness, virtual indifference about ethical development, social development, and emotions.
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