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Stoicism - Coggle Diagram
Stoicism
History
Founded by Zeno of Citium. Merchant from Cyprus, ship wrecked on way to Athens. Buys a book on philosophy, learns under cynics and starts school.
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Chrysippus of Soli - formalized philosophy, wrote 72 books, lost now
Roman Philosophers
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Seneca the younger - senator, playwright, statesman
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Died when Christianity spread. Influenced later philosophers such as St Paul, Thomas of Aquinas, Descartes, Montaigne, Spinoza, Francis Bacon etc
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Exercises
Premedtatio malorum - think about death. Be prepared for it, we are dying everyday
Mindfulness about moral choices - pay attention to your decisions throughout your day and make the right judgement and choices
The View from Above - weekly, move outwards and see your place in life and put things in context
Evening meditation/philosophical diary - look back at your day. What did I do right, what did I do wrong, how could you have done better (if something unexpected happened, how can I react differently next time)
Morning meditation: Think about the day, challenges ahead how to deal with them. Daily
If stoicism is a garden
Physics - nurturing ground - Understand how the world works, can't live a good life without this understanding
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Logic - protective fence - Way you reason about things. Knowledge can be attained through reason and can only be attained by peer expertise and collective judgement
Fundamentals
Stoic fork and dichotomy of control: Some things are under are control and others are not. Need to figure out the difference
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Justice - concept cosmopolitanism. Pull the world, community, friends, family closer. Help them out. Citizen of the world
Goal: Distinguish between propathos (instinctive reaction) and eupathos (feelings resulting from correct judgement). Thus achieve apatheia or peace of mind - result of clear judgement and maintenance of equanimity of life