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

Stoic Philosophy Practice Group

Andria bieber 

Brian Au

Mandy

Deb S

Alex

Ginny Walsh

Rebecca

Marianne

Kate

Tammy Lux

Stoicism 101: Week 11 - The Happy Life

Online event

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.
At **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 48 and 49 from *Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic*: *On quibbling as unworthy of the philosopher* and *On the shortness of life*.

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

* Letter 48
Text: [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_48](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_48)
Video: [https://youtu.be/-GcjvCCmSSc?si=j99NcI3cvSKpdHTI](https://youtu.be/-GcjvCCmSSc?si=j99NcI3cvSKpdHTI)
* Letter 49
* Text: [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_49](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_49)
Video: [https://youtu.be/JjJqi0kRv4Y?si=pd0qtHoNaVaSKQFP](https://youtu.be/JjJqi0kRv4Y?si=pd0qtHoNaVaSKQFP)

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

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Sunday Stoa LXXI

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

Jody S.

Glenn

Jonas

Jeremy Horn

Andrea Ning Deibler

Stoicism 101: Week 4 - Courage

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 how thinking about death in the right way can help us stop wasting our lives. We'll talk about how we waste our time, what we should be spending it on instead, and how to finish our lives each day. We'll also discuss a mindfulness practice designed to help us remember *that not even the next hour is guaranteed*.

Here's the video we'll be watching: [https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=ES0EKX-](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=ES0EKX-_x82KWYV_&t=11614)*[x82KWYV](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=ES0EKX-_x82KWYV_&t=11614)*[&t=11614](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=ES0EKX-_x82KWYV_&t=11614)

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

Sean

Anthony

Stoicism 101: Week 10 - Death

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 finishing the course by discussing how to put everything together into a personal Stoic practice, the levels of Stoicism, and how much we can expect to achieve. We'll also discuss an example of a Stoic daily plan.

Here's the video we'll be watching: [https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=79sCVKbB6IcabEiz&t=13962](https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=79sCVKbB6IcabEiz&t=13962)

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 12 - How to Practice Stoicism

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