The Problem With Stoicism and Epicureanism

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The idea that the goal of life is ataraxia or hedoni like it's pleasure or peace of mind is highly problematic from the point of your modern psychology. The real goal has to be wisdom like arity or moral wisdom basically I would say incidentally there's a reason why Stoicism is popular and has influenced modern psychotherapy and epicureanism has not.

In this episode, I chat with J.W. Bertolotti host of the In Search of Wisdom podcast, and founder of the Perennial Leader Project. Josh was one of the speakers at our Stoicon-x Military event a few years ago. We’re both very active on Substack now, Josh at Perennial Meditations so I thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect and chat about philosophy as a guide to life.

Highlights

* How Joshua got into philosophy

* His journey as a podcaster speaking to people about the nature of wisdom

* Stoicism and other philosophies

* Desire and attachment in philosophy

* Conceit, and skepticism as a way of life

* How the Delphic maxims can teach us about philosophy

Links

* Perennial Meditations Newsletter on Substack

* In Search of Wisdom Podcast @in sear on Substack and on Spotify

* Perennial Meditations Podcast

* @JWBertolotti on Twitter