April 23
Wednesday, April 23, 2025Breakout
Stoic Exercises
This class session is an opportunity to discuss the material on Stoicism presented over the last two weeks, as well as the currently ongoing Live Like a Stoic exercises.
Goals
Goals
- Clear up confusions about Stoicism, and critically engage with its strengths and weaknesses
- Learn how this week’s exercises are going for your peers and share feedback with one another
Before Class
- Be familiar with the material discussed in Lecture 10.1 and Lecture 10.2 in Perusall
- Continue Day 3 of Live Like a Stoic exercises
After Class
Further Resources
Further Resources
- “Epictetus” – entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Margaret Graver)
- “Care For Ourselves, Others, And Our World – Can Stoicism Help Us Hold These Together?” – short essay on the relation for the Stoics between self-care, care for others, and care for the world and our environment (Christopher Gill)
- Website for Modern Stoicism