The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
You've read the books. You know what Marcus Aurelius would do. But when life gets hard, the philosophy disappears. This podcast is for people who want to close the gap between knowing Stoicism and actually living it. New episodes every Monday.
The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: Insights with Donald Robertson
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Donald Robertson is one of the people who has done most to bring Stoicism into the modern world, partly because he comes at it as a clinical psychologist who sees how closely it tracks cognitive therapy. His book "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor" is part biography of Marcus Aurelius, part practical guide, and as he writes, the Stoics can teach you "how to face adversity, how to conquer anger within yourself, moderate your desires" and a good deal more.
This is our second conversation, and we go deep on Marcus: the foundations of his Stoicism, the part compassion played in how he ruled, the long fight between Stoic and Sophistic thinking, the people who shaped him, and his own journaling habit. We also get into the most common ways people get Stoicism wrong, and how it speaks to distinctly modern problems.
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