Tag Archives: Stoicism

Contributing to Stoic Blog

Posted on May 30, 2017 by shaunmiller

Over at Stoicism Today, I contributed to their blog on Stoic áskēsis. It was challenging, yet fun to write. You can see the post here.

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Deceived into Learning the Truth

Posted on May 26, 2017 by shaunmiller

In the Discourses, Epictetus says: If one has to be deceived into learning that external things that lie outside the sphere of choice are nothing to us, I for my part would willingly undergo such deception… Discourses I.4.27 Now knowing … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (April 12, 2016)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by shaunmiller

Advice A nice blog post about advice from Daniel Dennett on how to think philosophically. Art A cool photo project where you can see the borders between two, sometimes three, countries in Europe. Ethics Stoic spiritual exercises part i. Stoic … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (March 8, 2015)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by shaunmiller

Consciousness Galen Strawson has a great article about the history of the philosophy of consciousness. Education How Higher Education perpetuates Intergenerational Inequality. Ethics Sex while drunk: a moral dilemma. Why Our Children don’t think there are moral facts Family If … Continue reading →

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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Feb. 8, 2015)

Posted on February 8, 2015 by shaunmiller

Crime Disadvantaged youths who were given summer jobs committed fewer violent crimes than their unemployed peers, even after their jobs ended. Psychopathic violent offenders’ brains can’t understand punishment. Environment Here is a chart of US Congress denying climate change:  Epistemology … Continue reading →

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