New episode dropping on YouTube in a couple of hours. "A Stoic Christmas Carol"

Over-intellectualizing your insights in cognitive therapy is a form of avoidance. donaldrobertson.substack.com/p/how-to-tur...

Coming along

I struggle (immensely) to respect, or even to be considerate of, emotional expressions which destabilise rational exploration of a topic, idea, or problem in need of solving. That hearts and minds have to be won through emotional appeal, seems beyond my ability to understand or entertain.

Update? I've been working on a lot of different things. Stoicism, of course. As ever. However, also: moving, dadding, RPA Engineering, and building four SaaS platforms: supportmywork.app podcastreviews.app transcribemypodcast.app cohortist.com Much more to do. I'll be back to social in 2026.

Been a while. I see about 96% of everyone still thinks Stoicism is about ice baths and swearing off masturbation, women, and porn. Maybe I’ll prolong this vacation until the new year.

Big problem with your categorisation, @waterstones.bsky.social — these are philosophy books.

For in Stoicism, there is no such thing as doing nothing. Everything must be considered that we become aware of, and thus an appropriate course of action then chosen. Not pulling the lever is as much a choice as pulling the lever, and each is the result of reason. Did we reason toward virtue or not?

Stoic thoughts as I reread Phaedo. “Reframing Socrates (from Phaedo) on Rebirth” tannerocampbell.com/blog/reframi...

Taking the family to Harry Potter at Warner Bros Studios in, what I feel is, peak #DadWear.

😂 He didn’t, but he might have eventually.

Was it Stoically just to assassinate Charlie Kirk? youtu.be/xWTtjaQr2y0?...

Literally never happened. Goodness, the internet is something strange!

I've been really quiet lately because I'm building something for online educators (something that I am, as an individual professional, and something that I'm passionate about). It's shaping up really nicely. When I'm ready to share it, and invite educators to it, I'll post the link.

Are we really, honestly, going to act like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have a Just definition in mind when they use the term "warrior ethos"? We're not, right? Well, I'm sure as schnitzel not. This week's episode will be about the recent "rebranding" of the Department of Defence.

How Greek Stoicism Became Rome's Political Strategy - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2025/08/15/g...

This is who it's for. I don't do #Stoicism for fuckwits, I do it for people who are interested in being Stoics and abandoning anything else that gets in the way... not for those looking to abandon Stoicism as soon as it conflicts with their self-indulgent ignorant bullshit.

What really gets me about reviews like this, is the idea that the individual has any authority over me. Look at how this is written. It’s not a complaint, it’s not feedback; it’s a directive, an order. Season 3 will see a lot of this, but that’s part of the plan. Be an honest Stoic or stop listening

Christian Stoicism doesn’t exist, in that the two systems are inherently incompatible.

I’m here to tell all Americans that summer in England is indistinguishable from summer in Florida. The humidity makes 30c feel like 100f. It is ungodly. And I lived in South Florida for 20 years.

I've been, VERY busy lately. 1. I'm developing a cloud based writing platform. A place to for #writers to write, and distribute from. Minimal, beautiful, intuitive. 2. I'm developing an #ADHD and #AUDHD -inspired sms-driven, voice forward reminder tool. Ping me if you'd like access to betas.

It should be said that war, from the Stoic perspective, sometimes is the Just answer. We can read Leonidas Konstantakos on this: digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4999/

In a way that Sagan (and all those who lamented, and still do, that the adventurous space-exploring spirit we once had has all but died) would understand: Elio is the best film Pixar has ever made. An absolute masterpiece deserving of nothing but praise.

I’ve been watching Elio for less than 5 minutes and I already know: it’s a masterpiece. #Elio #Pixar #Disney

This might be the best YouTube video cover I've ever made. #Stoicism

Well, that about says it all.

Rasmus, this is absolutely beautiful. What a terrific job you've done. I love the intricacy of the dust jacket contrasted with the muted simplicity of the embossing on the (what I assume to be) cloth cover. Again, beautiful!

But also, just to keep us all honest here, don’t assume the neighbor’s you disagree with can’t be right or that you can’t be wrong. We don’t want to show off our pursuit of virtue, but we also don’t want to think we can’t unintentionally pursue it wrongly or poorly.

Slight correction from those who care about the original text: “He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.” — Meditations 9.5

This is, INDEED, a hot take.

Imagine thinking Stoicism demands we don’t cry.

Just an empty theatre, me, and the Phoenician Scheme.

Family photo day last weekend. Truly happy with what was captured. Love my family so much.

👋 Hi. Public philosopher of Stoicism here. Marcus is conflating in this meditation. He’s (partially) wrong. It is possible not to trouble your soul with thing you cannot choose. This is correct. It is impossible not to have an opinion, position, or impression of something. I can expound later.

I'd like to invite Miklós to enable comments on his posts because they are good and I think they'd spur great conversations. This is worth a read. Enjoy it.

I can’t speak to CBT, but as a philosopher of Stoicism I can say that’s absolutely not what Stoicism instructs us to do.

I laughed.

I can see how someone could come to this conclusion — but at least one problem is that Eastern philosophy tends to have a heavy supernatural aspect to it, no?

I wonder how Seneca felt navigating the vice of Nero. Since men only do evil due to ignorance of moral goodness, I wonder how Nero thought about his behaviour. Likewise, I wonder how Noem has come to view something so vicious as appropriate. #Stoicism www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-...

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In this stack I talk about Epictetus’ comments on Providence in discourse 1.6. It also includes an atheist perspective on Epictetus’ claims. #Stoicism #ActualStoicism #Stoic . open.substack.com/pub/seedsofv...

Perhaps this was overzealous of me.

We’re gonna have to bleach the soles of his feet, but this was cute.

We’re taking a Bath. (At the Roman Baths in Bath.

It's been a busy 3 months.

Something my #Stoicism folks will want to keep in mind!

I'm looking for listener submitted questions for an upcoming episode. It's best if they relate to the concept of Justice in either Stoicism or contemporary society. What do you have for me #Stoicism folks?

My first Lego build ever. I liked it.