Aaron Smith & Yaron Discuss Stoic philosophy & The Modern Stoic movement | Yaron Interviews
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The Stoic Movement and the Philosophy of Self-Help
The real thing that you should be taking away from stoicism is this sort of, I call it cosmic collectivism. We're all these deeply interconnected humanity and we should work for the common good to find that viewpoint expressed in devotees and Marx or Relics. The more serious philosophers do have a bit of disdain for self-help things like Ryan Alliday's. So, there's a certain disdain in academics, but not for that. On the other hand, a lot of stoic philosophy is self-help. It's the law of therapy for the soul.
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