This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 70, in which Seneca discusses whether or not ending one's life deliberately is permissible or not from a Stoic perspective. He considers a number of aspects of the question, arguing that what we should take into consideration is the quality of a life rather than its quantity. He refers to a number of examples of people who, in his view, rightly and even courageously chose to end their lives.

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Seneca, Letter 70 - Ethics Of Choosing Death - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 63, in which Seneca tells a friend who is grieving after the death of another friend that it is reasonable for him to grieve and even to cry tears, but that he should keep from excessively grieving. Seneca provides advice about how to regard and make use of the memories one has of friends, why one ought to value and take advantage of the time one has with friends, why one should have more than one friend, and why replacing a lost friend can be good when grieving

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Seneca, Letter 63 - Grief For Lost Friends - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the 20th century philosopher and historian of ideas, Pierre Hadot, and focuses on chapter 11 of his book, Philosophy As a Way of Life. 

He discusses the distinction he draws between discourse about philosophy and philosophy itself. He argues, using the example of the Stoics, that the parts of philosophy they distinguish (ethics, logic, and physics) are discourses about philosophy rather than philosophy as such, which is a "unitary act" of living and being.

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Pierre Hadot, Philosophy As A Way Of Life - Philosophy and Discourse About Philosophy

Dr. Bill Bell of San Fransisco, CA, discusses traditional Stoicism and psychotherapy with Don Putnam and Mark.

CoSP Pod. Ep. 9: Dr. Bill Bell on Stoic Psychotherapy

[Refrain - repeated]
and it's a hard 
it's hard it's hard 
it's a hard it's a hard rain you gonna fall 
and it's hard 
it's hard it's hard and it's a hard 
it's a hard rain gonna fall 
it's hard it's hard 
it's hard it's a hard 
it's hard rain are gonna fall

[Verse 1]
Coffee cup shakes as the sirens wail,
Morning commute wears a hurricane’s face.
Concrete boots, but I’m marching the rails —
Storm’s just a rhythm I’m learning to trace.

[Pre-Chorus]
The weatherman lied, but I don’t need a forecast,
Steel in my veins turns the hail into bass.
Let the sky split its seams, I’m not here to ask —
Why’s the ground thirsty but drowning so fast?

[Chorus]
and it's a hard 
it's hard it's hard 
it's a hard it's a hard rain you gonna fall 
and it's hard 
it's hard it's hard and it's a hard 
it's a hard rain gonna fall 

[Verse 2]
Bruised knuckles grip the umbrella tighter,
Every drop’s a debt, but I’m nobody’s debtor.
Lightning can’t scare what’s already fire —
Burn through the cold ’til the clouds call retire.

[Pre-Chorus]
Let the gutters choke, let the streetlights drown,
I’m the stone in the slipstream, anchoring ground.
Thunder’s just applause for the wars I’ve crowned —
Watch me waltz where the timid won’t stick around.

[Chorus]
and it's a hard 
it's hard it's hard 
it's a hard it's a hard rain you gonna fall 
and it's hard 
it's hard it's hard and it's a hard 
it's a hard rain gonna fall 

[Bridge]
I’ll plant my feet where the pavement cracks,
Let the tempest etch its map on my back.
When the world’s a carousel losing its track —
My defiance’s the coin that jams the gears slack.

[Outro]
Hard rain! (Keep falling, I’m not your apology)

Hard rain! (My bones sing in monsoon monody)
Hard rain! (Wash the weak, but you’ll never wash me)
I’ll be here when the sun sues for peace.

Hard Rain

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die 

It focuses upon his examination of pleasure as a motivation for human choices, commitments, and actions. Montaigne argues that rightly understood, there is a better and higher form of pleasure than simple base pleasure, and that this is something that we ought to feel when we develop and practice the virtues

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Michel de Montaigne, Essays - To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die - Virtue and Pleasure

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die 

It focuses upon the ways in which Montaigne understands life and death as being related to each other, as not merely opposites

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Michel de Montaigne, Essays - To Philosophise Is To Learn To Die - Life And Death

Author, Kai Whiting, of Newcastle, EN, discusses Zeno of Citium, eliminating the word ‘if’, Stoic life application and much more with Ryan Broadfoot & Mark.

CoSP Pod. Ep. 10: Kai Whiting

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Cato The Younger

It focuses upon that Stoic statesman and philosopher, Cato, who fought in the Civil War against Julius Caesar and killed himself rather than accept Caesar's offered amnesty. While discussing him, Montaigne makes some important points about not judging the capacities of other people by reference to our own, or thinking that because our times are particularly badly off with respect to virtue, that all times and cultures are.

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Michel de Montaigne, Essays - On Cato The Younger - Sadler's Lectures

CoSP mentor, Matt Seibert, discusses entrepreneurship and Stoicism (along with a little ayahuasca)!

CoSP Pod. Ep 11: Matt Seibert on Entrepreneurship and Stoicism

Look for silver linings. When something bad happens, take some time to accept it and come to terms with it, and then see it as an opportunity to get good out of bad.

5. Get Good out of Bad: Resilience in Difficult Times - Psychological Stoicism

Being a man /Guts

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Stoicism

This recording introduces the Stoic Test Strategy, a powerful psychological technique for managing setbacks and improving well-being. Inspired by William B. Irvine's book 'The Stoic Challenge,' the strategy involves reframing setbacks as tests administered by imaginary "Stoic gods." This reframing allows you to respond to challenges calmly and constructively, rather than with negative emotions.

6. Embracing Setbacks: The Stoic Test Strategy - Psychological Stoicism

7. Night Time Reflection - Psychological Stoicism

Ralph Kurz's faculty presentation of "Living Like Zeno in Athens" from Athens, Greece. 

CoSP Pod. Ep. 14: Ralph Kurz "Living Like Zeno in Ancient Athens"

Lord Larvax & Illeo duo: together we are sronger. Bring your best Zòpele to dance with us 😎

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Welcome to the College of Stoic Philosophers podcast! A podcast dedicated to exploring the applied philosophy of traditional Stoicism. The College of Stoic Philosophers is an online school founded in 2008. We at the college endeavor to educate all who would be Stoics and Stoic philosophers, who aspire to the Good Life within the world community. Podcast episodes will include discussions of Stoic: history, application, interviews, and much more all while having some fun (fate permitting!).

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 I lectured in health psychology, exercise psychology, and mental health to undergraduate and postgraduate students, while also designing and delivering courses in mindfulness, positive psychology and Acceptance & Commitment Training (ACT) to the general public, trainers, teachers, and health professionals.

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