Glad this interview has been preserved. I listened on my phone while kayaking in a beautiful spot. The beauty of my surroundings plus the insights made for a wonderful and life changing morning. Thank you, Teacher!
Great introduction to ‘contemporary’ Soticism. Been reading up on modern perspectives of the philosophy, and of my many searches and purchases so far, this one lecture has stood out to me as exceptional in its clarity and practical application. Thank you, Prof. Irvine, I shall be exploring your other lectures and written works.
So many of us can work hard and still not afford nice homes in excellent neighborhoods or even afford some of the luxuries our Internet combing children desire and even we ourselves wish for…these goals seem to be like visions disappearing in our cars rear view mirrors. The need is to cull both physically and mentally in acceptance of the fact that greed is never satisfied. Thanks for these perspectives in a world where we find the need to simplify and find essential substance.
I found some of this interesting due to something I adopted back in sixth grade when a bunch of arguments had been breaking out over four square. What I had adopted was a stay neutral attitude. Basically the way it works is no matter what is happening stay neutral and don't side with either side. This lead to an understanding of where each person was coming from. Now where the relevance to Stoicism lies is within the side impact; this also lead to living in the moment because staying neutral requires consideration of what is happening then and there outside of the frame of time other than that moment. So, with that came the care free attitude that is needed for living in the moment. I thought of this especially when you said about practicing it congenitally.
I think some of the popularity of stoicism has to do with disillusionment. In the 19 century maybe people believed technology would truly make their lives better so why care what some ancient stoics thought? I think people now realize the technology that has happened over the last several decades like cellphones and computers really hasn’t made us any happier. Thus there is a desire to look back to how people lived and were happy thousands of years ago.
I really like the concept of Negative Visualization. I never heard it explained before. Perhaps the closest I've come to it myself was in thinking about how much it hurts to lose someone you've loved. When I just can't stand the pain from that loss, I tell myself how much more it would have hurt, if that person had never been in my life at all. Perhaps the 1946 movie, "It's a Wonderful Life," is illustration of this way of looking at life.
It's an Awakening on a mass Consciousness level it is people feeding off the energy off the indigo children moving away from materialism and back into spiritualism
1:00:33 I agree! It's no more irrational to utilize imaginary gods as a tool than it is to set your clock 15 minutes ahead to "fool" yourself into getting up on time. How and why setting a clock forward ends up helping people when we KNOW it's set ahead of time, I'll never figure it out. But I can surely pit my will against imaginary people/gods.
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Glad this interview has been preserved. I listened on my phone while kayaking in a beautiful spot. The beauty of my surroundings plus the insights made for a wonderful and life changing morning. Thank you, Teacher!
Great introduction to ‘contemporary’ Soticism. Been reading up on modern perspectives of the philosophy, and of my many searches and purchases so far, this one lecture has stood out to me as exceptional in its clarity and practical application. Thank you, Prof. Irvine, I shall be exploring your other lectures and written works.
Really enjoyed this. Like how you explain Zeno's role and the comparison to martial arts school is quite apt.
So enlightening..i'm definitely a stoic❤
A beautifully eloquent disposition on Stoicism. Fantastic. Thank you
No offense meant as I'm a professional proofreader. You sound intelligent. The correct word is 'exposition'.
Really clear explanation of Stoicism and practical exercises
So many of us can work hard and still not afford nice homes in excellent neighborhoods or even afford some of the luxuries our Internet combing children desire and even we ourselves wish for…these goals seem to be like visions disappearing in our cars rear view mirrors. The need is to cull both physically and mentally in acceptance of the fact that greed is never satisfied. Thanks for these perspectives in a world where we find the need to simplify and find essential substance.
I found some of this interesting due to something I adopted back in sixth grade when a bunch of arguments had been breaking out over four square. What I had adopted was a stay neutral attitude. Basically the way it works is no matter what is happening stay neutral and don't side with either side. This lead to an understanding of where each person was coming from. Now where the relevance to Stoicism lies is within the side impact; this also lead to living in the moment because staying neutral requires consideration of what is happening then and there outside of the frame of time other than that moment. So, with that came the care free attitude that is needed for living in the moment. I thought of this especially when you said about practicing it congenitally.
Thank you for that Gabe... I found it interesting...Cheers mate!
I'm stoked on Stoicism!
I think some of the popularity of stoicism has to do with disillusionment. In the 19 century maybe people believed technology would truly make their lives better so why care what some ancient stoics thought? I think people now realize the technology that has happened over the last several decades like cellphones and computers really hasn’t made us any happier. Thus there is a desire to look back to how people lived and were happy thousands of years ago.
Nothing new under the sun.
I think cellphones and computers have made us less ‘happy’ (content), more anxious and more disconnected ironically
Thank you .. very nice
That’s interesting that it was kind of a capitalistic competitive system between the classic schools of philosophy.
Thanks for the lecture. I’m just learning about Stoicism. I find it compatible with my Christian faith.
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I really like the concept of Negative Visualization. I never heard it explained before. Perhaps the closest I've come to it myself was in thinking about how much it hurts to lose someone you've loved. When I just can't stand the pain from that loss, I tell myself how much more it would have hurt, if that person had never been in my life at all.
Perhaps the 1946 movie, "It's a Wonderful Life," is illustration of this way of looking at life.
It's an Awakening on a mass Consciousness level it is people feeding off the energy off the indigo children moving away from materialism and back into spiritualism
Do you have the written version of this?
www.rev.com/blog/resources/how-to-download-youtube-subtitles-as-text-files
Closet Stoic. I'm only strong in the dark.
Hedonic treadmill... I never considered that while considering stoicism. Of COURSE! This talk is fascinating!
Stoic Test Frame? OMG That's awesome. I can totally get into that.
1:00:33 I agree! It's no more irrational to utilize imaginary gods as a tool than it is to set your clock 15 minutes ahead to "fool" yourself into getting up on time. How and why setting a clock forward ends up helping people when we KNOW it's set ahead of time, I'll never figure it out. But I can surely pit my will against imaginary people/gods.
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