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Excellent article by @_MikeTremblay on the potential synergy between the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the philosophy of Stoicism, and how BJJ is an excellent form of askēsis, or training, for Stoicism. Check it out if you're interested in martial arts and/or philosophy.
The author also wrote a handy Introduction to Stoicism which is on his website. Check it out if you're interested but unfamiliar with it. Here's Part 1: "The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent"
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And here's Part 2: "Why Other People Cannot Harm Us." tremblaymichael.com/2019/01/03/par…
For another piece on Stoicism as practical philosophy, check out Maria Popova's (@brainpicker) recent piece on Epictetus and the Stoic strategy for surviving heartbreak: brainpickings.org/2018/08/26/epi…
For more on the Stoic approach to grief, check out this piece by @briandavidearp in @aeonmag: "It takes a lifetime of preparation to grieve as the Stoics did – without weeping and wailing, but with a heart full of love" aeon.co/essays/do-not-…
The Stoics were also the primary source of the ideology of cosmopolitanism, that all human beings are part of the universal community of humanity, to which the cosmopolitan gives their primary allegiance (needless to say, this has never been a popular idea with nationalists.) ...
... For more on this aspect of Stoicism, check out Martha Nussbaum's excellent piece on the history and modern relevance of this idea: "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism." bostonreview.net/martha-nussbau…
This review of Derren Brown's book "Happy" by Iona Italia @IonaItalia is an excellent piece itself. It describes how practical Stoic philosophy is and how Stoic psychology can be practiced today. She also clears up a lot of misconceptions about Stoicism. areomagazine.com/2019/01/21/in-…
I included the upthread articles by @briandavidearp, @brainpicker, @_MikeTremblay and @IonaItalia in a new MetaFilter post on Stoicism, if anyone wants to check it out over there. metafilter.com/179314/Stoicism
Here's a great piece by Edith Hall @edithmayhall on Aristotle's ideas on happiness & how it compares to Stoicism: "Why read Aristotle today? Modern self-help draws heavily on Stoic philosophy. But Aristotle was better at understanding real human happiness" aeon.co/essays/what-ca…
And here's another great piece by Edith Hall @edithmayhall on Aristotle's relevance today as a public philosopher: "Speak to the shoemaker: Philosophy need not be arcane, argued Aristotle, as he led by example, writing treatises for peers and public alike" aeon.co/essays/how-ari…
Here's another good piece by Michael Tremblay @_MikeTremblay (see upthread): "Why Ancient Greek Psychology is Still Valuable Today: those who want to understand what it means to live as a human being still have a good reason to look to the ancients." blog.apaonline.org/2019/02/21/why…
And speaking of @_MikeTremblay, here's a piece about his practice of Stoicism and Jiu-Jitsu: "Wrestling with the Stoics: Tips from a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu philosopher" cbc.ca/radio/ideas/wr…
This is an example of Stoic Jiu-Jitsu in action, here being used to debate an Epicurean. 
And speaking of Practice, here's a great piece by Sam Mickey @doctormickey: "Practice Is not a Life Hack: People say that practice is something you do with your body, but that's backwards. Your body is something you do with your practice." thesideview.co/articles/life-…
Both @doctormickey's and @_MikeTremblay's pieces are at @TheSideViewCo, which has a lot of great articles on what Adam Robbert @AE_Robbert calls “contemplative philosophy.” More in this thread:
Here's a great interview by Caleb Cohoe @cmcohoe with Tushar Irani, who has developed exercises to help students explore what it'd be like to live a Platonic, Aristotelian, Stoic, or Epicurean life: "Exercises for Teaching Ancient Schools as Ways of Life" endoxa.blog/2019/02/20/int…
Here's the second part of @cmcohoe's fascinating interview with Tushar Irani (part one is above): "Exercises for Teaching the Platonic Way of Life: ... In this part of the interview, we talk about his experience with using these exercises." endoxa.blog/2019/02/20/int…
"How To Escape Fear: An Interview With Martha Nussbaum. The philosopher discusses the role of emotion in building democracy." Nussbaum, who wrote the piece on cosmopolitanism upthread, describes her theory of emotions as ‘Neo-Stoic’. iai.tv/articles/escap…
Brigid Delaney @BrigidWD on her week living as a Stoic: "my conception of Stoicism changed... there was a lot of meditations that were about treating others well. A meditation we did for the 'community' chapter ... felt remarkably like a Buddhist loving kindness meditation..."
"... As philosopher and author Nassim Taleb [@nntaleb] once wrote on the similarities between the two: 'A Stoic is a Buddhist with attitude, [one who says ‘fuck you,’ to fate.]" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
23/ "Why is Stoicism Having a Cultural Moment?" This a good piece by Chiara Sulprizio @ChiaraSulprizio from 2015 on the Stoic revival. ... eidolon.pub/why-is-stoicis…
24/ ... Via this piece by Donna Zuckerberg @donnazuck about her book: eidolon.pub/so-i-wrote-a-t…. She mentions that some of the Red Pill community have embraced Stoicism, and she gave a lecture on the subject recently, but I haven't found a transcript yet.
25/ Good piece comparing Edith Hall's @edithmayhall (see upthread) book 'Aristotle’s Way' and John Kim's @angrytherapist book 'I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck': "Two books reveal subtle but profound differences between modern therapy and ancient wisdom"
26/ Interlude: Olivia Goldhill @OliviaGoldhill on hedonism, including as it was defined and practiced in classical antiquity:
27/ This is a truly excellent piece in the @LAReviewofBooks on the revival of stoicism: “Almost Too Sober: On the Appeal of Stoicism - Robert Zaretsky contemplates 'How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life,' a selection of Epictetus’s thought translated by A. A. Long.”
28/ Here's a megathread about last Friday's global #schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture. I'm retweeting it here because I think the international bonds these socially conscious young humans are forging through this movement could make them the first ...
29/ ... truly global cosmopolitan (citizens of the world) generation in history, if they can maintain their idealism and their connections to each other. Here's Martha Nussbaum's excellent piece "Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism" again for what that means: bostonreview.net/martha-nussbau…
30/ This is a great piece by Donna Zuckerberg @donnazuck on the far-right's odd infatuation with the Stoics: "One of the most insidious and disturbing examples of classical appropriation by the alt-right is its embrace of Stoicism..." washingtonpost.com/outlook/guess-…
31/ Here's a fantastic thread by Mike Stuchbery @MikeStuchbery_ on Stoicism, its history and how it's being misappropriated by the far-right. There are several links to good articles in this thread as well.
32/ Here's a (formerly) live-tweet thread of @donnazuck's lecture (which is mentioned upthread) "'How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes': The Alt-Right's Infatuation with Stoic Philosophy" courtesy of @Hestia_BU.
33/ And here's a good and critical review of @donnazuck's book "Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age" by Sean Guynes @saguynes. It sounds like an excellent book. popmatters.com/not-all-dead-w…
34/ This is a fascinating piece by Massimo Pigliucci @mpigliucci comparing the "striking similarities among the three ancient philosophies of Buddhism, Epicureanism and Stoicism." rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2013/02/buddhi…
35/ This piece at the Daily Stoic @dailystoic compliments the piece above nicely: "Stoicism & Buddhism: Lessons, Similarities and Differences" dailystoic.com/stoicism-buddh…
36/ John Sellars @DrJSellars compares Stoicism with Zen archery as described in Eugen Herrigel’s book "Zen in the Art of Archery." This is a good piece: "Stoicism and the Art of Archery" ... modernstoicism.com/stoicism-and-t…
37/ ... And here is an interview @DrJSellars did with @dailystoic on Stoicism and its practice, which also touches on Zen: "The Art of Living: Professor John Sellars on Stoicism as a Medicine for the Mind" dailystoic.com/john-sellars/
38/ This is an excellent piece by Wayne Bivens-Tatum @acadlibrarian on how practicing Stoicism and Zen compliment each other. There are links to other useful writings as well. I highly recommend this one: "Stoic Zen Stuff" blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/2018…
39/ Great piece on the role of attention in Buddhism & Stoicism: "The Philosophy of Stoic Mindfulness:.. within Stoicism, something strongly akin to ‘mindfulness’ holds a central place.. Epictetus calls it prosoche, which can be translated as ‘attention.’" modernstoicism.com/features-the-p…
40/ Here's another fascinating piece on Buddhist mindfulness and Stoicism, and how they differ: "Sati & Prosoche: Buddhist vs. Stoic 'Mindfulness' Compared" modernstoicism.com/sati-prosoche-…
41/ In honor of April 1st (via @sentantiq): "VII Ancient Philosophies for the Modern Bro: Dude, Have You Even Read Epictetus in the Original Latin?" eidolon.pub/vii-ancient-ph…
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