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Beautiful discussion by Charlie Rose, live from the Democratic National Convention last night, after Obama's historic speech! I loved it all.

Jodi Kantor explains how Obama trained his Stoic, calm, even-tempered nature. I really feel Obama is a Stoic at heart, and his personality jives with what I have been saying for months about Epictetus and ( Read more... )

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I'm switching my focus from politics back to Stoic philosophy now. The Stoic Place is a good starting point to learn the basic ideas of Stoic ethics:BASIC IDEAS OF THE STOICS
A VERY SHORT LIST
by Dr. Jan Garrett

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[I did 17 pull-ups this morning.]

Whew! I'm finally done posting the best parts of Sharon Lebell's The Art of Living, a paraphrase of Epictetus's philosophy! I really treasure this wisdom and hope it has helped you. I will review it regularly and try to follow it.

Next up: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of "The Meditations" by the ( Read more... )

Trust Your Moral Intuitions (p. 101 ( Read more... )

The Virtuous Are Consistent (p. 100 ( Read more... )

I need to improve this in myself. Sometimes, I can be hard on others and on myself.

Forgive Over and Over and Over (p. 99 ( Read more... )

Epictetus continued...

Be a Citizen of the World (p. 95 ( Read more... )

Today in lab, my group brought in 30 bananas, for our group experiment. I brought around 20. We decided to test if ethylene, released from ripening fruits, causes other fruits to ripen faster. I joked: "Now all we need are 30 MONKEYS!" Hehe...at least we can eat our results ( Read more... )

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