Episodes

After more than a decade of studying and practising Stoicism, and nearly six years of teaching it, I don’t think the average person knows much more about it today than when I started. So in this episode I answer the question in the title as plainly as I can, after a few minutes of deliberately grumpy preamble meant to send away anyone who isn’t here to learn. Stoicism is a virtue ethics framework, which means it cares about your character and the quality of your reasoning more than rules (Deont...