Stoicism 101: Week 6 - Self-Control

Please join our main group, the Stoic Philosophy Practice Group, to RSVP to this event.

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 self-control and the value of voluntary self-denial across several areas of our lives, including food, money, sex, travel, and substance use. We'll also discuss a practice designed to help free us of from the fear of poverty.

Here's the video we'll be watching: https://youtu.be/G1nM9UCJCIs?si=3SYe2bX3xpt3t9A_&t=6203

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

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