Join us for an evening of Stoic philosophy and discussion. We'll kick off the event with a short presentation exploring one of the core ideas of Stoicism, focusing on its real-world application with some practices drawn from the texts. Following the presentation, we'll break into smaller groups for a lightly-facilitated discussion about the topic.

This week, we’ll be discussing courage, bravery, and freedom. We’ll also be going over a couple practices; one to get over our fears of embarrassment and another to get over our fears of everything else.

Here's the video we'll be watching: [https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=8Ll8J-3-Y_VwQhsi&t=3731](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=8Ll8J-3-Y_VwQhsi&t=3731)

And here's the text, along with the rest of the resources for the course: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing)

Thanks so much for your interest, and please remember:

*"There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common. And no one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility; you must live for your neighbor, if you would live for yourself."* \- Seneca\, Letters from a Stoic\, Letter 48

Stoic Philosophy Practice Group

Sean

Scott Sims

Bill C

Jessica

Rich

donna

Mickey

James G

Joy Salaja

Shaun 

Margaret

Steve

Stephanie

Rohu

Kait

Stoicism 101: Week 4 - Courage

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Join us for an evening of Stoic philosophy and discussion. We'll kick off the event with a short presentation exploring one of the core ideas of Stoicism, focusing on its real-world application with some practices drawn from the texts. Following the presentation, we'll break into smaller groups for a lightly-facilitated discussion about the topic.

This week, we'll be discussing anger and how to master this most dangerous of passions. We'll examine why anger is a form of temporary madness, the process for preventing and subduing it, and how we can use our daily reflection journaling to bring this vice under our control.

Here's the video we'll be watching: [https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=C_8QPw1yPWtsWcvu&t=7574](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=C_8QPw1yPWtsWcvu&t=7574)

And here's the text, along with the rest of the resources for the course: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing)

Thanks so much for your interest, and please remember:

*"There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common. And no one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility; you must live for your neighbor, if you would live for yourself."* \- Seneca\, Letters from a Stoic\, Letter 48

Emma

Anna Moczulski

stella Sfiris

K.Royal Sibley 

Paul Smith

Joan DI Stefano

Hadear Marzooque

Elisa

Stoicism 101: Week 7 - Anger

If you're interested in going deeper than just the intro classes and exploring the community side of Stoicism, please join us for Sunday Stoa.

We begin at **4:00 PM (ET)** with 10 minutes of Stoic breath meditation followed by 15 minutes of writing practice.
At **4:30 PM**, we move into introductions and social time.
Around **5:00 PM**, we’ll listen to selections from the original Stoic texts and then discuss the ideas they present.

This week, we’ll be listening to Letters 79 and 80 from *Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic*: *On the rewards of scientific discovery* and *On worldly deceptions*.

Here's the text and video if you’d like to check them out beforehand:

Letter 79
Text: [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_79](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_79)
Video: [https://youtu.be/L8VdkX1iq6c?si=f_n1-fU5yC9JOupI](https://youtu.be/L8VdkX1iq6c?si=f_n1-fU5yC9JOupI)

Letter 80
Text: [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_80](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_80)
Video: [https://youtu.be/l2EuUgs959o?si=4YwXidGZaz-ApHcG](https://youtu.be/l2EuUgs959o?si=4YwXidGZaz-ApHcG)

**Come for the whole thing, or join us whenever it works best for you.** See you Sunday!

Nesrine Sid-otmane

Deb S

Holly

Sunday Stoa LXXXV

Join us for an evening of Stoic philosophy and discussion. We'll kick off the event with a short presentation exploring one of the core ideas of Stoicism, focusing on its real-world application with some practices drawn from the texts. Following the presentation, we'll break into smaller groups for a lightly-facilitated discussion about the topic.

This week, we’ll be discussing the Happy Life, Stoic joy, and how our pursuit of virtue should also make us the happiest people. We'll also talk about how to deal with critics, and how practice Stoicism if you aren't temperamentally suited for it.

Here's the video we'll be watching: [https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=8Ht89YsSxfG3OcPP&t=12794](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=8Ht89YsSxfG3OcPP&t=12794)

And here's the text, along with the rest of the resources for the course: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6r2KFyv7f-vChnX-9eKovdFsQ6DYoc_CV5RZtJb9XA/edit?usp=sharing)

Thanks so much for your interest, and please remember:

*"There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common. And no one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility; you must live for your neighbor, if you would live for yourself."* \- Seneca\, Letters from a Stoic\, Letter 48

Stoicism 101: Week 11 - The Happy Life

In this session, we’ll listen to a 30-minute passage from Plato’s *Symposium* in which Socrates recounts the teaching of Diotima — the **Ladder of Love**, the gradual ascent from physical attraction to the direct vision of Beauty itself.

After the reading, we’ll open a conversation on questions such as:

* What does it mean to “ascend” through love?
* How does beauty awaken the soul?
* What role does eros play in the philosophical life?

No prior knowledge is required — just curiosity and a willingness to think together.

The Cambridge Platonists

Small Group Discussion - Diotima’s Ladder of Love (Plato’s Symposium)

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