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Stoicism as a Philosophy of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life Podcast

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The Stoic Concept of Virtue

The ancient texts have a lot to say about virtue, but there's also a simple way of approaching the subject. The stoics inherited a very simple tool for clarifying our values and making them more consistent. We can describe this as a sort of double standards strategy. Thinking about the qualities you genuinely admire most in other people is a simple way to clarify your own values.

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