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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 101 Agenda:

Theory and Practice

By Marc Deshaies Oct. 21, 2018 in Worcester, MA USA 2

Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 The Painted Porch

Stoa Poikile = Painted Porch

Stoa of Attalus

3 https://donaldrobertson.name/2018/10/03/athens-day-one-the-stoa-poikile/ Stoicon-X New England 2018 AgoraAthens5thcentury.png 10/20/2018 Zeno

https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/the-essence-of-stoicism/ 4

Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Human Nature is to be Rational and Social

Good = Virtue (Morality & Excellence) Bad = Vice Indifferent = Anything I can’t control

Only what you can control! What should I focus “Learn to be indifferent to on? what makes no difference”

5 Stoicon-X New England 2018 https://imhowarth.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/rational-choice-theory-the-common-good-and-human-nature/ 10/20/2018 https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/11-august/comment/opinion/stoics-and-christians-a-common-intuition 4 Virtues 6

Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 https://stoiccompass.wordpress.com Indifferent?

Aristotle (right): Diogenes the Cynic: Zeno, Stoic Founder: Wealth, Health are Give up wealth Wealth, Health are necessary for a happy life “Preferred Indifferents”

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Pythagoras

570 – c. 495 BC

Socrates 470 – 399 BC 106 – 43 BC 46 BC wrote http://www.mikeanderson.biz/2012/06/chronology-and-theology-of-stoicism.html , modified 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_-_The_Death_of_Socrates.jpg Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Stoic Predecessors Stoics

Socrates Died: 399 BC Seneca 4 BC – AD 65 Pythagoras 300 BC Born: 50 AD, Hierapolis, Turkey 570 – c. 495 BC Died: 135 AD, Nicopolis, Greece

Diogenes the Cynic 412-323 BC

Marcus Aurelius 9

Stoicon-X New England 2018 Roman Emperor from 10/20/2018 161 to 180 AD 10

Stoicon-X New England 2018Posted by Kevin_Scharp 4 years ago 10/20/2018 https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/1ydbat/four_hellenistic_schools/ Modern Day Stoic Sources

How to Be A Guide to the Good Life a Stoic by William B. Irvine by Massimo Pigliucci

Stoicism and the Art of Happiness by Donald Robertson

Greg Sadler Editor of Stoicism Today https://modernstoicism.com/ https://reasonio.wordpress.com/ Prolific on youtube: Stoicism, and New: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtxsMx4qsoitFwjBdLU_gA Hellenistic Philosophy 11 by John Sellars Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Ancient Sources, yet very readable

by , : Gregory Hays (Translator) The Encheiridion Discourses

Diogenes Laertius: Letters from a Stoic Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Seneca

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Stoic Exercises

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 , a contemporary of Marcus Aurelius, described psychological practices for expanding oikeiôsis, our sense of “affinity” for others. He says our relationships can be represented as a series of concentric circles, radiating out from ourselves and our closest kin. Stoics should attempt to “draw the circles somehow toward the centre”, he said, voluntarily reducing psychological distance in their relationships.

-Donald Robertson

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 https://donaldrobertson.name/2014/12/04/stoicism-and-love-conference-workshop-notes/ Consider that Earth is a Pale Blue Dot as Photographed February 14, 1990, by Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of 40.5 AU

Sagan pointed out that on that dot, "every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives"

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot 10/20/2018 Prepare in the Morning Stoic Audio Morning Meditation

Review in the Evening

https://modernstoicism.com/audio-downloads/ 16 Stoicon-X New England 2018 https://dailystoic.com/prepare-morning-review-evening/ 10/20/2018 https://quotefancy.com/quote/1374695/Pythagoras-Let-not-sleep-fall-upon-thy-eyes-till-thou-has-thrice-reviewed-the Journaling

Write about ideas such as these in a daily journal: • What is a human’s “Nature”? • What should I focus on? • What is Good? • What is Bad? • What is Indifferent? • Is wealth necessary for a happy life?

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 https://immoderatestoic.com/good-fortune/ 10/20/2018 http://themekeys.blogspot.com/2015/01/daily-journal-secret-habit-of.html Stoicism Podcasts – subscribe and listen

The Practical Stoic Podcast Website: http://www.risetothegoodlife.com/practicalstoicpodcast/

Good Fortune Website: https://immoderatestoic.com/good-fortune/

Stoic Philosophy Podcast Website: http://justinvacula.com/

Stoic Mettle Website: https://stoicmettle.com/

Stoic , with host Massimo Pigliucci Website: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations

The Sunday Stoic Podcast Website: https://sundaystoic.wixsite.com/home

Sadler's Lectures https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sadlers-lectures/id1395422598?mt=2

Stoic Coffee – Amor Fati. Amor Coffee. https://stoic.coffee/

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 10 Practical Stoic Exercises Stoic Exercise #1: What Would Batman Do? Stoic Exercise #2: Negative Visualization – What if You Were Dead? Stoic Exercise #3: Voluntary Discomfort – Lay on the Floor in Starbucks Stoic Exercise #4: Add a Reserve Clause – If Nothing Prevents You Stoic Exercise #5: Amor Fati – Love Your Fate Stoic Practice #6: Pain and Sickness – Opportunities for Virtue Stoic Practice #7: Imagine Everything as Borrowed from Fortune Stoic Practice #8: Count Your Blessings Stoic Practice #9: Forgive the Wrongs of Others – They Don’t Know any Better Stoic Practice #10: Buy Tranquility Instead The wicked man is “like a dog tied to a cart, and compelled to go wherever it goes.”- https://www.njlifehacks.com/10-practical-stoic-exercises-for-modern-stoic-lifestyle/

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Art-SS126-Serenity-Soothing/dp/B00CLV2LRG Questions?

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 5-Minute Lightning Speeches

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Stoicon-X New England 2018 10/20/2018 Stoic Cosmology

In his book On providence, Chrysippus, the most learned and rigorous of Stoic philosophers, discussed the recurrence of the world. ‘Since this is so,’ he went on, ‘it is evidently not impossible that we too, after our death, will return to the shape we now are, when certain periods of time have elapsed.’ -A. A. Long The Stoics on World‐Conflagration and Everlasting Recurrence

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