I have many times had to correct friends who use the word stoic to mean someone emotionless and perhaps even callous. I think this quote from your chat is a perfect quick summary of why people should be looking to be more stoic.
"It's critical to remember that Stoicism is not an encouragement to indifference towards life and others, but rather a call to focus on what we can control – our actions and responses – and to do so with virtue. To live according to Stoicism, then, involves not only cultivating personal virtue but also contributing to the welfare of others and the community to the best of our ability."
Also I love that you brought in the cosmological belief in logos. I have always thought of Stoicism as a philosophical spirituality. The Logos is the natural/universal divine structure behind everything. The stoic works to live in harmony with this structure.
Thanks for clearing things up for me and re-engaging me with Stoicism and firing up my philosophical thinking.
On a side note it's funny how the Chat GPT regurgitates your exact idea, I feel like you are advancing it quite a bit through these conversations. It's weird how it almost talks as some omnipotent being.
Tony Long makes the same point in this podcast episode:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ob3B3YWcucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vZmVlZC8/episode/aHR0cDovL2hvcHdhZy5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9lL2hvcC0wNzQtdG9ueS1sb25nLW9uLXRoZS1zZWxmLWluLWhlbGxlbmlzdGljLXBoaWxvc29waHktMTQwOTIwNzc5NS8?ep=14
But Jannik - everything is a manifestation of Logos, not just your friends, but also your pet, the breakfast you ate and the car you drive 🙂
I have many times had to correct friends who use the word stoic to mean someone emotionless and perhaps even callous. I think this quote from your chat is a perfect quick summary of why people should be looking to be more stoic.
"It's critical to remember that Stoicism is not an encouragement to indifference towards life and others, but rather a call to focus on what we can control – our actions and responses – and to do so with virtue. To live according to Stoicism, then, involves not only cultivating personal virtue but also contributing to the welfare of others and the community to the best of our ability."
Also I love that you brought in the cosmological belief in logos. I have always thought of Stoicism as a philosophical spirituality. The Logos is the natural/universal divine structure behind everything. The stoic works to live in harmony with this structure.
Thanks for clearing things up for me and re-engaging me with Stoicism and firing up my philosophical thinking.
On a side note it's funny how the Chat GPT regurgitates your exact idea, I feel like you are advancing it quite a bit through these conversations. It's weird how it almost talks as some omnipotent being.