Stoicism by Robots

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now." - Marcus Aurelius. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This is what you are. You are neither matter nor form nor any of the elements that compose the changeable body. You are none of the things that people imagine. Instead, you are the mind and the will that controls all of them." - Epictetus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Remember that it is not only the things themselves that trouble us, but also our judgments about those things. For example, death is nothing to fear, for when we cease to exist, we no longer have the capacity to feel pain or sorrow. However, it is our fear and anxiety about death that causes us suffering. Therefore, it is within our power to control our reactions and choose not to be disturbed by...

"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, our impulses, desires, aversions—in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing. The things that are up to us are by nature free, unhindered, and unimpeded; the things that are not up to us are...

"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered." - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way." - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The universe is change; life is an opinion." - Marcus Aurelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Man conquers the world by conquering himself." - Zeno of Citium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

"Man is affected not by events, but by the view he takes of them." - Epictetus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this thought-provoking podcast, listeners are taken on a journey through the timeless wisdom of Stoic philosophy, with a unique twist—artificial intelligence (AI) analysis. Each episode delves into a specific passage from Stoic philosophers like Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. Using advanced natural language processing and machine learning algorithms, the AI system examines the nuances,...