I’m enjoying a new philosophical journey these days, now for me anyway. The Stoic movement has been around for over two thousand years, but it’s only this year, that I’ve begun looking further into it. And in looking into it, I was inspired to begin a new blog about it. Thus My Stoic Life.
Some of ideas and ideals of Stoicism definitely appeal to me, and my way of being, and I wonder whether I had somehow become a Stoic accidentally, and am just now realising it. Stoics have been mislabelled in the past, and written off as being people who merely humourless and uncaring.
I mentioned my interest in Stoicism, and was thrilled to receive this book “How to be a Stoic” by Massimo Pigliucci for my birthday, earlier this year. It is an eminently readable and interesting look at being a Stoic in the modern age.
Stoics can certainly enjoy life, they are not uncaring people, or party poopers. The opposite is true, to some extent. Stoics do care, and they like to enjoy life. But the Stoic way to enjoy life, is to do so in moderation, not going over the top, and suffering in the morning. The Stoic would partake in all in moderation, and so be capable of doing the same thing the next day, instead of suffering from the previous day’s over indulgence!
The Stoic will care about their family, fellow citizens, and friends. They will humane, caring and be sociable. If there were to be a Stoic society, it would be a kind and caring place, with no-one striving for more than anyone else had. People would freely give anything they had in abundance, knowing others wold share their excess freely too.
Stoics value reasonable and rational behaviour, and all things in moderation. Thinking on these things led to creating a new blog, feel free to visit and explore what I have discovered,and what I think about this whole Stoic thing.
I’d love to know what you feel about my Stoical ideas!
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