7 Stoic Stories To Guide You Through Life |
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The truth is delivered best in stories, in fables.
This is why the Stoics loved poetry. They loved the theater. They didn’t see art as frivolous. To them it was essential. It was a delivery mechanism for truth—not everything belongs in an aphorism or a discourse. In this video Ryan Holiday delivers 7 of the best Stoic stories that will guide you through life. Sometimes we need it rendered beautifully. Sometimes we need it in a story. So it sneaks past our defenses. So it implants in our memory. As Saint-Exupéry writes in The Little Prince, sometimes it’s only with the heart that we can see. ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🎓 FREE GUIDE to Stoic philosophy: https://dailystoic.com/freeguide 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:32 Make it a prosperous voyage 02:24 Enough is enough 03:27 You have shoulders made of ivory 04:18 Courage is better than cowardice 05:54 Just make the decision 06:58 Turn it into something 08:17 Know who you are Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dailystoic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic #Stoicism #DailyStoic #RyanHoliday |