Greg Lopez on Stoicism and Buddhism (Episode 56)
Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
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The Foundations of Stoic Mindfulness
The first foundation of stoic prosoké, stoic mindfulness, if you want to call it that is propositions. This idea of having short phrases at hand and maxims that Seneca calls them are things that are a common theme in at least imperial late stoicism. Epic are what names you're bare and then act appropriately in accordance with them. And the third one is finally how we should preserve our proper character while doing so. That is nowhere to be seen in Buddhist mindfulness. Not all beings actually are in practice, but the ideal form of human being is like that.
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