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One of the aspects of Stoicism is the finality of death, that death comes to everyone. It cannot be avoided and it comes to everyone. What Seneca writes that people waste their time on things that do not matter. Time is the most precious commodity and cannot be renewed. In other years time did not […]The post LS ep 068 : On The Shortness of Life appeared first on Live Stoic.

Two words representing two distinct concepts are found in this letter. One is quibbling and the other is counsel. Quibbling is defined as arguing or raising objections about a trivial matter. Seneca seems to write about how some philosophers quibble over matters and ideas that have no real importance or relevancy other than to hear […]The post LS ep 067 : On The Quibbling of Philosophers appeared first on Live Stoic.

Back in 2012 the great director Quentin Tarantino released the movie Django Unchained starring Jamie Foxx.  The movie details how with the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave Django sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner in the years before the American Civil War would erupt. During […]The post LS ep 066 : On Master and Slave appeared first on Live Stoic.

In reading this letter you would think that if Lucilius put his book on Amazon today Seneca would have given it a five star rating. Seneca raves at the book and the message it conveys. If people wanted to write a book in the past they would have had to present material before a publishing […]The post LS ep 065 : On A New Book By Lucilius appeared first on Live Stoic.

Sophistry is defined as he use of fallacious or false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. Sophism centuries ago meant making good arguments. As time has gone on the definition has gotten much worse. Today Sophisty is based on becoming invested in lies and falsehoods. The identity of certain individuals can be built on […]The post LS ep 064 : On Sophistical Argumentation appeared first on Live Stoic.