Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven We discuss one of the most important Stoic ideas: Role ethics. This is a decision making framework from the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus. It’s a challenge to live a meaningful life by performing the roles you’ve been assigned and the roles you’ve chosen with excellenc...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation Caleb speaks with Greg Lopez . Greg is a practicing secular Buddhist and Stoic. He’s also the co-author, with Massimo Pigliucci, of A Handbook for New Stoics. They discuss Greg’s struggle to combine the two philosophies, and different accounts of...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, Caleb and Michael discuss mindfulness and Stoicism. They start by covering two central definitions of modern mindfulness, move to comparing those accounts with Stoic mindfulness, and end by talking about different ways to become more mindful. (05:47)...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation Caleb speaks with Will Johncock, the philosopher, sociologist and author of Beyond the Individual: Stoic Philosophy on Community and Connection . Will’s work highlights the deeply social aspect of Stoicism and offers an essential frame for thinkin...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven They say that if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. The Stoics don’t agree with that. In their view, anger is always bad. If you’re angry, you’re not seeing things as they are. Caleb and Michael discuss why you’d think that in this conversation. It’s groun...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation, Caleb speaks with Chris Gill. It is one of the best explanations from a scholar who regularly interacts with practitioners. This episode was released previously on the Stoa App. We’re currently running an annual special for our membership in the...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven Today, we talk about the View from above. It’s the one of the most popular Stoic practices for generating a sense of calm, perspective, and purpose. What it is, how to practice it, and the risks associated with the practice. We also touch on the importance of consumin...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven This is our 50th episode! Thank you for listening and supporting Stoa Conversations. If you’d like to support the show, please subscribe, leave a review, and share an episode with a friend. Also, send a note to stoa@stoameditation.com . We read and respond to every si...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven Michael and Caleb discuss…Jordan Peterson. In a previous episode, we covered 12 Rules for Life . Jordan Peterson is a controversial political and cultural figure – but in that discussion, we put all that aside. In this discussion, we bring it all back. We cover what w...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation, Michael Tremblay speaks with Gordon Marino . Gordon is a professor of philosophy at St. Olaf's College and a specialist in existentialism. In this conversation, they speak about existentialism and in particular the work of Kierkegaard. They discu...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, Caleb and Michael discuss the Socrates and the Socratic method. The Socratic method is the core philosophical technique. So, it's essential to understand. Caleb and Michael start start by giving an initial background on Socrates and then move to discu...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven This conversation will help you think more deeply about the nature of  rhetoric. Caleb Ontiveros speaks with the political scientist Rob Goodman. You may recognize his name from the book Rome’s Last Citizen , which he wrote with past Stoa Conversations guest, Jimmy So...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation, Michael and Caleb discuss Ryan Holiday’s book The Obstacle Is the Way. They cover the good, bad, and provocative. Both argue that it’s practically inspiring even if philosophically shallow. Michael argues that in a real sense, it’s not a Stoic bo...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven What is happiness? In this discussion, Caleb speaks with Marcus Hedahl, a philosophy professor at the US naval academy. They discuss happiness, its subjective versus objective nature, the meaning of life, what we can and can't reframe, and much more. It's an excellent...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven Are things really right or wrong? Is morality objective? In this conversation, Caleb gives three arguments for thinking that it is. Michael questions each one. Along the way, they discuss the Stoic response to skepticism, why this issue matters, and how the ancient St...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation, Michael Tremblay speaks to David Fideler about Seneca. They cover how the Stoic philosopher provided valuable guidance for how to live today. David’s book Breakfast with Seneca serves as the launching point for the discussion. (03:04) Facing the...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven One of the best ways to understand what Stoicism is and contemporary  Stoic debates is learning about Aristo of Chios. Today, we’re having debates over the place of physics and logic in Stoicism and the place of Stoic advice today. Well, Aristo challenged the Stoics o...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, Caleb speaks with Hampus Jakobsson . Hampus is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur. He is currently a general partner at Pale Blue Dot. We talk about Stoicism and entrepreneurship. It’s a practical discussion centering on how to use Stoicism...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, Michael and Caleb review Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life. We each pick out 1 idea we believe is true, 1 false, and 1 provocative. There’s a lot to say about this controversial book. Both of us think it has a number of life-changing lessons, b...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven This conversation is with Tanner Campbell., the founder of Practical Philosophy and host of the Practical Stoicism Podcast . Tanner specializes in bringing Stoicism to a broad audience in a way that is practical and accessible. In this episode, he and Michael Tremblay...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven Are you even Stoic if you don't take ice-baths, fast, or regularly underdress? Michael and I discuss why the Stoics argued for voluntary suffering – but also what they said about how it should be practiced. We then debate whether one should show off and share how  we...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this conversation, Michael speaks with Julia Galef , author of The Scout Mindset. Julia is a modern advocate for what the Stoics argued: improving our reason and learning to pursue the truth. Michael and Julia discuss her arguments for the scout mindset as compared...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven Why do you do things you know you shouldn’t? The ancient term for doing what you knew wasn’t best for was akrasia or weakness of will. Plato and Aristotle believed in it. The Stoics did not. What this means and why it matters for us today is the subject of this episod...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, I speak with Emily Austin. Emily is the professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University and she's also the author of Living for Pleasure , which is an introduction to the ancient philosophy of Epicureanism, and that's what we'll be focusing on today...

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven In this episode, Michael and I speak with Chris Fisher. We discuss traditional Stoicism: its religious aspects, the role of the Stoic God, and what modern Stoics miss from the ancient philosophy. You'll learn what Traditional Stoicism is and why it matters. https://tr...