Mastering inner speech with Stoic logic — Stoic logic is the mastery of inner speech. It is directly linked to our emotions, our decision-making, and our inner freedom. Without a minimum of logic, we risk suffering from external events and becoming emotionally fragile. Here is why. What is Stoic logic? What is logic (logikē)? It is one of the 3 main…

Ten Ideas to Practice in Daily Life — What are the principles of Stoicism, which can help you live with more control, serenity, and depth? Here is a selection of 10 key principles of Stoicism, which seem to me to be particularly useful to live better, more intensely, and humanly. Accept what is beyond your control Act with…

In popular belief, a Stoic is a person who is insensitive and unemotional and an Epicurean is a person who enjoys all pleasures to the point of excess. Nothing could be further from the truth. Both the Stoics and the Epicureans have rich emotions and follow strict discipline in their…

There is a God inside of you — There is no term [other than daimon] in the religious and philosophical language of the Greeks that is more complex, whose interpretation depends more on a particular environment, period or system. That is how the specialist in the subject, J. A. …

This book is not about stoicism but about psychology. I’m reviewing it because it made an impression on me and I think its teaching can be useful to all lovers of wisdom. I link it to stoicism at the end of the post. Enjoy the reading! I love him deeply…

Should we change our desires rather than the World order? — My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world, and in general, accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. …

Stoicism is often seen as an individualistic or even selfish philosophy of life, which would isolate us from the social world to focus on our own happiness. …

What you will see with the philosopher’s eyes — “There are two kinds of blindness on this Earth: the blind of the view and the blind for life,” said the Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma. Just as our sight is sometimes functional without being perfect (myopia, astigmatism, presbyopia…), our vision of life and ourselves is not always clear. To be…

The influence of Stoicism on the doctrine of the Roman jurisconsults — Firmin Laferrière was a 19th-century French jurisconsult — a lawyer then professor of administrative law. His thesis, De l’influence du stoïcisme sur la doctrine des jurisconsultes romains, or The influence of Stoicism on the doctrine of the Roman jurisconsults, published in 1860, studies how Stoic philosophy influenced Roman law and…