Stoic Philosophy

Atoms for Peace

Recently I've been reading Marcus Aurelius, you know the one played by Richard Harris in Gladiator. He puts forward some very valid points that especially resonate in this post religious, self centered and quick to take offence times we live in.

"The philosophy asserts that virtue (such as wisdom) is happiness and judgment should be based on behavior, rather than words. That we don’t control and cannot rely on external events, only ourselves and our responses."

SnazzyPig

As Alec Guiness once (probably) said -

'When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.'

Sir Osis of Liver.

Not sure about Marcus Aurelius but here's a clip of Richard Harris being spun around a wigwam by the nipples that ye might like.

suicide_circus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lct8ql2zoLo

yes i know he's an infowars trollist but i found this funny

Pherekydes

I have Marcus Aurelius' book, Meditations.

Not an original, mind.

orourkeda1977

Have a **** and a nice bit of an aul stoic philosophy

Trump Is Right

suicide_circus wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lct8ql2zoLo

yes i know he's an infowars trollist but i found this funny

Some great points made...

Love this quote in particular: "We live in an age of emotional incontinence, when they who emote the most are believed to feel the most"

Very true in this generation... it's a competition to see who can out-emote each other, whether it's faux outrage or people being criticized for not being empathetic enough over some BS issue!

Quite prominent from many posters on this forum tbf...

Gimme A Pound

suicide_circus wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lct8ql2zoLo

yes i know he's an infowars trollist but i found this funny

I find myself agreeing with nearly everything he says. Sure, he's gonna have edgelord fans but he's not actually an edgelord himself, and dislikes that nonsense.

He isn't talking either about when people have genuine cause to be upset (like the woman who's a dwarf, being discussed on the other thread).

Poor Uncle Tom

emote not remote

Sardonicat

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

emote not remote

Remote emoting via the thumbs up/down button and 'emojis'.

Poor Uncle Tom

I wish these came with execute keys......

Hobosan

There's a decent philosophy channel on YouTube called Academy of Ideas which gives a fairly thorough run through of the main ideas of the great philosophers, for anyone interested in that kind of thing.

kowloon

He's right about reality TV being spurious emotion, but he comes across as a bit of a dick.

CarlosHarpic

I would like to comment on this post. Yet somehow it seems more appropriate to observe in aloof silence until the Baccunalia commences.