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#201
Yesterday · 3 min
201: Stop Giving Your Time Away to Be Polite - Seneca (Stoicism)
Stop Giving Your Time Away to Be Polite - Seneca (Stoicism). Time is the one thing you should be completely greedy with. You can replace a house or a job, but you can never get back a wasted hour. Seneca noticed a contradiction in how the wealthy, powerful people in Rome managed their assets. If a neighbor tried to dispute a property line or encroach on a Roman nobleman's estate, they would immediately drag them to court. If someone tried to steal a single silver coin, they would fight them in the streets. They guarded their physical property fiercely. But when it came to their time, they handed it out to absolutely anyone who asked. In On the Shortness of Life, Seneca wrote: "People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy." Let’s look at the daily routine of the Roman elite. Every single morning, there was a social ritual called the salutatio in which lower-status citizens, known as clients, would line up outside the houses of wealthy politicians and aristocrats. When the doors opened, these crowds would file into the atrium just to say hello, flatter the patron, and ask for political favors. In exchange for showing up and acting as a loyal entourage, the wealthy patron would hand each client a sportula—a daily payout of actual cash. The elites thought they were buying loyalty, but according to Seneca, they were literally paying people to waste their time. They spent their most productive morning hours standing around, letting hundreds of people interrupt them—all to look important and maintain an image they probably didn't even care about. Today, nobody lines up at your door for coins. But we still give away our time for things we just don't care about, purely to keep up appearances. We stay late at the office answering emails that could wait until tomorrow, trying to impress a boss who would replace us in a week. We accept meeting invites with no agenda because we don't want to seem unhelpful. We agree to get coffee with an old acquaintance, wasting an hour pretending to care about a project we have absolutely zero interest in. We give away time we can never get back just to look good to other people. Seneca’s solution is to start auditing your time the same way you audit your bank account. Time is the one thing you should be completely greedy with. You can replace a house or a job, but you can never get back a wasted hour. To fix this, try setting boundaries. Wherever you have control, start quietly saying no. Decline the coffee invite and offer to answer their question over email instead. Put your phone on 'Do Not Disturb' so you don't waste your Saturday on a group chat. Block your peak hours as busy, and communicate well so people learn to respect your focus time. Your time belongs to you. So stop giving it away for things you don't care about. Seneca was a prominent Roman philosopher and playwright who published several essential works about Stoicism. He counseled Emperor Nero, and thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it because it affects our sanity. Seneca wrote a book specifically on anger called “De Ira” which defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers advice on how to prevent and control anger and that’s why in this video we are going to look at 10 ways we can control our anger from the teachings of Seneca. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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#200
Saturday · 2 min
200: How to Enjoy Your Own Home More - Epicurus
In ancient Athens, Epicurus escaped the noise, hustle, and judgment of the city by building a modest home outside the gates. He understood a timeless truth: your house is meant to protect your mind just as much as your body. Today, we have central heating and soft mattresses, but our homes are no longer safe havens. By bringing our smartphones, work emails, and social media feeds right into our bedrooms, we have invited an entire crowd of eight billion people into our private lives. In this video, we explore the Epicurean philosophy of creating a physical sanctuary, setting digital boundaries, and rediscovering the quiet luxury of closing your front door on the noise of the world. Epicurus is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy, as well as of science. He is less known than Plato or Socrates, but, nonetheless, his teachings are precious and timeless. He lived between 341 to 270 BC, and wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime. Most of his work has been lost, but what remains is extremely relevant even today. In science, he was one of the first to describe the natural world as made of atoms and he rightly understood that all the natural phenomena are in fact based on the movement of atoms. Also, he strongly stressed the importance of basing our beliefs on empirical evidence and logic. In philosophy, he was part of the hedonist movement and he was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness, starting his own School of Happiness, also known as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. If stoics believed that living justly and virtuously is the highest good and that we should be indifferent to pleasure and pain, Epicureanism believed that we should seek to maximise the pleasures in life. There were some rumours that in his school people lavished themselves in orgies, luxury and decadence, but these rumours were unfounded. Epicurus didn’t have any interest in orgies and expensive meals. His idea of pleasure is far from the classical one. He departed from the classical school of hedonism for which pleasure is the highest good, adding that the pleasure of the mind, not the pleasure of the senses, is the true ‘highest good’. He believed that the greatest happiness comes from reducing suffering, achieving an inner state of peace which he called ataraxia. Ataraxia means being content with simple things in life, like having philosophical conversations about the meaning of life, in your small garden, with your best friends. According to Epicurus, the pleasure from pursuing wisdom is the highest form of pleasure, and the most valuable as it is the one that leads us to true happiness.
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#199
Thursday · 19 min
199: Montaigne - How to Think Clearly During Difficult Times
In this video we will be talking about 8 Ways To Think Clearly from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher. So here are 8 Ways To Think Clearly from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne- 01. Study yourself 02. Grounding the Intellect in the Physical 03. Don't let fear, anger, or regret influence your decision 04. Psychological Detachment or the Suspension of Judgment 05. The Power of "Que Sais-Je?" 06. Rejecting "Borrowed Knowledge" 07. Seek Out Disagreement 08. Step Outside Your Bubble We hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope this video, from the philosophy of Montaigne, helps you to think clearly. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher who defined ambition not as a virtue but as an unnatural "disease of the soul" because it makes people sacrifice the life they have right now for a future that might never even happen. In 1571, right on his 38th birthday, he walked into his office and permanently resigned from his position as a judge in the Bordeaux parliament. It was exactly the kind of role Renaissance men spent their whole lives networking, scheming, and stressing out to get. He quit, moved back to his family's estate in the French countryside, and set himself up in a stone tower on the property. He built a massive library there and had 54 quotes from ancient philosophers carved into the wooden beams of his ceiling. From that point on, he spent his time studying the only subject he actually wanted to understand: himself. He observed his own habits, flaws, and everyday routines, and wrote down his thoughts about them and he called these writings Essais—which comes from the French word meaning "to try" or "to attempt" and is of course where we get the English word ‘essay’.
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#198
Wednesday · 2 min
198: The Strange Illusion That Expensive Things Feel Better - Epicurus
We spend our lives chasing upgrades—convinced that an expensive steak, a bigger house, or the next luxury purchase will finally make us feel complete. Over 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus identified why this mindset keeps us trapped in dissatisfaction. Epicurus divided human pleasure into two distinct categories: kinetic pleasure (the temporary relief of fixing a discomfort, like drinking water when thirsty) and katastematic pleasure (the static peace of having no discomfort at all). For the physical body, he called this state aponia—the complete absence of physical pain. According to Epicurean philosophy, aponia is the absolute ceiling of physical happiness. Once your hunger is gone, an expensive steak doesn't remove any more pain than a simple piece of bread; it only changes the flavor. Just like the promise you make to the universe when lying in bed with a terrible headache—wishing only to feel "normal" again—the greatest luxury in life is simply feeling okay. In this video, we break down how to stop treating a pain-free day as a boring baseline and start recognizing that if nothing hurts right now, you have already reached the peak of physical wealth. Key Concepts Covered: Kinetic Pleasure vs. Katastematic Pleasure What is Aponia (The Absence of Pain)? The Bread vs. Steak Paradox Why We Ruin Good Days Looking for More How to Practice Aponia in Daily Life Epicurus is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy, as well as of science. He is less known than Plato or Socrates, but, nonetheless, his teachings are precious and timeless. He lived between 341 to 270 BC, and wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime. Most of his work has been lost, but what remains is extremely relevant even today. In science, he was one of the first to describe the natural world as made of atoms and he rightly understood that all the natural phenomena are in fact based on the movement of atoms. Also, he strongly stressed the importance of basing our beliefs on empirical evidence and logic. In philosophy, he was part of the hedonist movement and he was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness, starting his own School of Happiness, also known as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. If stoics believed that living justly and virtuously is the highest good and that we should be indifferent to pleasure and pain, Epicureanism believed that we should seek to maximise the pleasures in life. There were some rumours that in his school people lavished themselves in orgies, luxury and decadence, but these rumours were unfounded. Epicurus didn’t have any interest in orgies and expensive meals. His idea of pleasure is far from the classical one. He departed from the classical school of hedonism for which pleasure is the highest good, adding that the pleasure of the mind, not the pleasure of the senses, is the true ‘highest good’. He believed that the greatest happiness comes from reducing suffering, achieving an inner state of peace which he called ataraxia. Ataraxia means being content with simple things in life, like having philosophical conversations about the meaning of life, in your small garden, with your best friends. According to Epicurus, the pleasure from pursuing wisdom is the highest form of pleasure, and the most valuable as it is the one that leads us to true happiness. #Epicurus #Philosophy #Aponia #SimpleLiving #AncientWisdom
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#197
November 2 · 4 min
197: How to Want Less and Live More - Epicurus (Epicureanism)
Do you ever feel like the harder you work, the more trapped you become? You get a raise, upgrade your lifestyle, and suddenly you're locked into a stressful job just to pay the bills. In this video, we explore the ancient philosophy of Epicurus and his concept of autarkeia (self-sufficiency). Far from promoting wild hedonism, Epicurus taught that the secret to a stress-free life is actually learning to want less. We break down his famous three buckets of desire—natural and necessary, natural and unnecessary, and unnatural and unnecessary—and look at how you can use practical wisdom (phronesis) to stop trading your long-term peace of mind for short-term dopamine hits. Discover how to break free from the invisible cage of luxury, simplify your life, and realize that what you already have right in front of you is enough. Epicurus is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy, as well as of science. He is less known than Plato or Socrates, but, nonetheless, his teachings are precious and timeless. He lived between 341 to 270 BC, and wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime. Most of his work has been lost, but what remains is extremely relevant even today. In science, he was one of the first to describe the natural world as made of atoms and he rightly understood that all the natural phenomena are in fact based on the movement of atoms. Also, he strongly stressed the importance of basing our beliefs on empirical evidence and logic. In philosophy, he was part of the hedonist movement and he was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness, starting his own School of Happiness, also known as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. If stoics believed that living justly and virtuously is the highest good and that we should be indifferent to pleasure and pain, Epicureanism believed that we should seek to maximise the pleasures in life. There were some rumours that in his school people lavished themselves in orgies, luxury and decadence, but these rumours were unfounded. Epicurus didn’t have any interest in orgies and expensive meals. His idea of pleasure is far from the classical one. He departed from the classical school of hedonism for which pleasure is the highest good, adding that the pleasure of the mind, not the pleasure of the senses, is the true ‘highest good’. He believed that the greatest happiness comes from reducing suffering, achieving an inner state of peace which he called ataraxia. Ataraxia means being content with simple things in life, like having philosophical conversations about the meaning of life, in your small garden, with your best friends. According to Epicurus, the pleasure from pursuing wisdom is the highest form of pleasure, and the most valuable as it is the one that leads us to true happiness.
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#196
October 28 · 19 min
196: Lao Tzu - Why Discipline Feels Hard (And How to Make It Effortless) (Taoism)
8 Ways to Build Discipline. In this podcast we will be talking about 8 Ways to Build Your Self-Discipline from the philosophy of Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is known to be the founder of Taoism and the writer of Taoism’s most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching. So with that in mind, here are 8 Ways to Build Your Self-Discipline from the philosophy of Lao Tzu - 01. Check Your Motive 02. Discover Your Timing 03. Clear the Clutter 04. Create Empty Space 05. Shape Your Environment 06. Shrink the Target 07. Flow Around Roadblocks 08. Schedule Your Recovery We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Lao Tzu, helps you build your self-discipline. Taoism is a Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu which contributed to the folk religion of the people primarily in the rural areas of China and became the official religion of the country under the Tang Dynasty. Taoism is therefore both a philosophy and a religion. Taoism teaches to embrace wonder and the joy in living gracefully with style. Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who is known to be the founder of Taoism. He is also credited as the writer of Taoism’s most sacred text, the Tao Te Ching and his words can apply to people all over the world.
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#195
October 21 · 23 min
195: Voltaire - Take Good Care Of Yourself (No Money Required) (Philosophy Of The Enlightenment)
In this podcast we will be talking about How To Take Care Of Yourself from the philosophy of Voltaire. Voltaire, was an 18th-century French philosopher who viewed self-care as a practical way to protect yourself against a world that is fundamentally chaotic. So here are 7 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself from the philosophy of Voltaire. 01. Cultivate Your own Garden 02. Look for solid proof 03. Drop Your Utopian Expectations 04. Use Humor 05. Trust Science over Fatalism 06. Enjoy the Earthly Pleasures 07. Set Boundaries Hope you enjoyed this podcast and find these insights on how to take care of yourself from the philosophy of Voltaire helpful. François-Marie Arouet, much better known by his pen name Voltaire, was an 18th-century French philosopher who viewed self-care as a practical way to protect yourself against a world that is fundamentally chaotic.He openly mocked corrupt politicians, attacked religious dogma, and regularly called out the absurdities of polite society. Because of this, he spent decades dodging arrest warrants, getting kicked out of countries, having his books publicly burned, and living in exile. Yet, despite living with a constant target on his back, he lived to be 83 years old, built his massive fortune, drank an ungodly amount of coffee every day, and ultimately became one of the most famous men in history. He managed to do this because he developed a deeply practical philosophy of self-preservation. Voltaire realized that if you want to survive a deeply flawed and unfair world without losing your mind, you can't just cross your fingers and hope for the best. You have to actively build your own resilience, ruthlessly protect your mind from bad ideas, and refuse to let the world's madness dictate your daily life.
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#194
October 14 · 21 min
194: 7 Ways To Make Your Life Ridiculously Simple - Diogenes (Cynicism)
7 Ways To Make Your Life Ridiculously Simple - Diogenes (Cynicism) In this podcast we will be talking about How to Simplify Your Life from the philosophy of Diogenes. Diogenes was a 4th-century philosopher and the most famous face of Cynicism. So here are 7 ways to Simplify Your Life from the philosophy of Diogenes. 01. Deface the Currency 02. Live According to Nature 03. Be Self-Sufficient 04. Be Shameless 05. Build your Resilience 06. Act 07. Speak Truth Hope you enjoyed this podcast and find these insights on how to live on your own terms helpful. Diogenes was a 4th-century philosopher and the most famous face of Cynicism. Today, "cynical" means being negative, but the original Cynics, named after the Greek word for “dog-like”, believing that happiness came from living "according to nature." This meant stripping away rules, status, and the material needs society forces on us today. He practiced this himself, famously living in a ceramic jar, eating simple lentils, and even throwing away his only bowl when he saw a child drinking from their hands. His radical freedom was put to the test when he was captured by pirates and sold at a slave auction. While other captives wept, Diogenes mocked the pirates for not "fattening him up" for a better price. On the auction block, when asked what he could do, he told the crowd: "I know how to govern men. Sell me to someone who needs a master." He pointed to a man named Xeniades and said, "Sell me to him." Xeniades was so intrigued that he bought him and eventually put him in charge of his house and his children’s education. Instead of teaching them to chase status, Diogenes taught them to wear plain clothes, walk barefoot, and value philosophy over wealth. Xeniades was so impressed he said, "A good spirit has entered my house." Diogenes spent the rest of his life proving that even in chains, if you want nothing from the world, the world has no power over you.
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#193
October 7 · 20 min
193: Seneca - Stop Wasting Your Time On Things That Just Don’t Matter (Stoicism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time from the writings of Seneca. Seneca was an ancient Roman philosopher, writer, and statesman. He was one of the most influential teachers of Stoicism. So here are 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time from the philosophy of Seneca - 01. Guard your Time Like your money 02. Stop Trying to Impress People 03. Stop Waiting for the Future 04. Stop Waiting for the Future 05. Stop Overthinking the Past 06. Stop Existing, start living Hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and find these insights from Seneca on how to stop wasting your time helpful. Seneca was a prominent Roman philosopher and playwright who published several essential works about Stoicism. He counseled Emperor Nero, and thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it because it affects our sanity. Seneca wrote a book specifically on anger called “De Ira” which defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers advice on how to prevent and control anger and that’s why in this video we are going to look at 10 ways we can control our anger from the teachings of Seneca. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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#191
September 30 · 21 min
191: How To Live A Radically Rich Life (For Free) - Epicurus (Epicureanism)
In this podcast, we will be talking about 8 Free Everyday Habits That Make Life Radically Rich from the philosophy of Epicurus. His philosophy is often referenced as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. So here are 8 Free Everyday Habits That Make Life Radically Rich from the philosophy of Epicurus - 01. Natural Necessities 02. Simple, Satisfying Food 03. Freedom from Bodily Pain 04. Daily friendships 05. A Safe Retreat 06. An Unnoticed Life 07. Good Memories 08. Philosophy I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope these 8 Free Everyday Habits That Make Life Radically Rich from the philosophy of Epicurus will add value to your life. Epicurus is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy, as well as of science. He is less known than Plato or Socrates, but, nonetheless, his teachings are precious and timeless. He lived between 341 to 270 BC, and wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime. Most of his work has been lost, but what remains is extremely relevant even today. In science, he was one of the first to describe the natural world as made of atoms and he rightly understood that all the natural phenomena are in fact based on the movement of atoms. Also, he strongly stressed the importance of basing our beliefs on empirical evidence and logic. In philosophy, he was part of the hedonist movement and he was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness, starting his own School of Happiness, also known as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. If stoics believed that living justly and virtuously is the highest good and that we should be indifferent to pleasure and pain, Epicureanism believed that we should seek to maximise the pleasures in life. There were some rumours that in his school people lavished themselves in orgies, luxury and decadence, but these rumours were unfounded. Epicurus didn’t have any interest in orgies and expensive meals. His idea of pleasure is far from the classical one. He departed from the classical school of hedonism for which pleasure is the highest good, adding that the pleasure of the mind, not the pleasure of the senses, is the true ‘highest good’. He believed that the greatest happiness comes from reducing suffering, achieving an inner state of peace which he called ataraxia. Ataraxia means being content with simple things in life, like having philosophical conversations about the meaning of life, in your small garden, with your best friends. According to Epicurus, the pleasure from pursuing wisdom is the highest form of pleasure, and the most valuable as it is the one that leads us to true happiness.
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#192
September 23 · 20 min
192: Seneca - Stop Wasting Your Time On Things That Just Don’t Matter (Stoicism)
In this podcast, we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time from the writings of Seneca. Seneca was an ancient Roman philosopher, writer, and statesman. He was one of the most influential teachers of Stoicism. So here are 6 Ways To Stop Wasting Your Time from the philosophy of Seneca - 01. Guard your Time Like your money 02. Stop Trying to Impress People 03. Stop Waiting for the Future 04. Stop Waiting for the Future 05. Stop Overthinking the Past 06. Stop Existing, start living Hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and find these insights from Seneca on how to stop wasting your time helpful. Seneca was a prominent Roman philosopher and playwright who published several essential works about Stoicism. He counseled Emperor Nero, and thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it because it affects our sanity. Seneca wrote a book specifically on anger called “De Ira” which defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers advice on how to prevent and control anger and that’s why in this video we are going to look at 10 ways we can control our anger from the teachings of Seneca. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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#190
September 16 · 21 min
190: Epictetus - How To Fix Your Life (No Money Required) (Stoicism)
In this podcast, we will be talking about 9 Ways to Fix Your Life from the philosophy of Epictetus. Epictetus was one of the most influential teachers of the later years of the school of Stoicism. So here are 9 ways from Epictetus’s discourses, that will help you to fix your life - 01. Control What You Can 02. Test Your Thoughts 03. Remember Everything Ends 04. Love Your Fate 05. Cut Out Toxic People 06. Play Your Role Perfectly 07. Look Foolish 08. Act, Don't Speak 09. Review Your Day Hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and find these insights on how to fix your life from the philosophy of Epictetus helpful. Epictetus was a Greek/Roman philosopher of the Hellenistic period. He managed to overcome huge obstacles in developing from a crippled Roman slave to become one of the most popular and sought after philosophers of his time. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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#189
September 9 · 21 min
189: How To Be Happy With An Ordinary Life - Michel de Montaigne
In this podcast, we will be talking about 6 Ways To Be Happy With An Ordinary Life from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher. So here are 6 Ways To Be Happy With An Ordinary Life from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne- 01. Stop Trying to Sound Smart 02. No One Will Remember You 03. It’s Okay to Be a Mess 04. Accept Your Animal Nature 05. Embrace the Ordinary 06. Be Present We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Montaigne, helps you to live happily. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher who defined ambition not as a virtue but as an unnatural "disease of the soul" because it makes people sacrifice the life they have right now for a future that might never even happen. In 1571, right on his 38th birthday, he walked into his office and permanently resigned from his position as a judge in the Bordeaux parliament. It was exactly the kind of role Renaissance men spent their whole lives networking, scheming, and stressing out to get. He quit, moved back to his family's estate in the French countryside, and set himself up in a stone tower on the property. He built a massive library there and had 54 quotes from ancient philosophers carved into the wooden beams of his ceiling. From that point on, he spent his time studying the only subject he actually wanted to understand: himself. He observed his own habits, flaws, and everyday routines, and wrote down his thoughts about them and he called these writings Essais—which comes from the French word meaning "to try" or "to attempt" and is of course where we get the English word ‘essay’.
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#188
September 2 · 19 min
188: Baruch Spinoza - Stop Comparing Yourself To People Who Have More (Rationalism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Comparing Yourself To People Who Have More from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza . Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. This philosophical approach is known as rationalism. So here are 6 Ways To Stop Comparing Yourself To People Who Have More from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza - 01. There Are No Alternate What Ifs 02. Ignore the Scoreboard 03. Understanding the "One Substance" 04. Find Your Conatus 05. Focus on active emotions 06. Redefining True Wealth We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, helps you stop comparing yourself to others who have more.. Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. He didn’t believe our feelings were random or mysterious. Instead, he argued that they followed the same natural laws as everything else in the universe. He wrote his most famous work, Ethics, in the style of a geometry textbook in which he analyzed emotions like anger, fear, and love with logical definitions, propositions, and proofs. Because of this, Spinoza didn’t see happiness as a matter of luck, a fleeting emotion, or a reward from the universe. No. To him, happiness is the experience of increasing mental clarity. It’s the freedom that comes from no longer being confused by life, understanding how reality works, and gaining control over your own mind. This way of thinking is called Rationalism. It is the idea that reason and logic are the best tools for understanding the world. Instead of reacting to events or hoping things will get better, a Rationalist tries to understand why things happen. Spinoza believed that the more clearly we think about our experiences, the better we can understand our problems, learn from them, and avoid unnecessary suffering.
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#187
August 26 · 20 min
187: How To Live A Rich Life At Home (Works On Any Income) - Henry David Thoreau (Transcendentalism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 8 Ways To Live A Rich Life At Home from the philosophy ofHenry David Thoreau . Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American philosopher who was a key figure in the Transcendentalist movement. So here are 8 Ways To Live A Rich Life At Home from the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau- 01. Calculate the Real Cost of Your Purchases 02. Practice Voluntary Simplicity 03. Bring the "Wild" Indoors 04. Rely on Yourself 05. Find joy in the ordinary 06. Stop Trying to Keep Up 07. Enjoy Solitude 08. Invest in Intellectual Pursuits We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau, helps you in living a rich life at home. Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American philosopher who lived when the Industrial Revolution was in full swing, and the fast-paced modern economy as we know it was getting started. As he watched society speed up, Thoreau noticed that people were getting good at making a living, but they were forgetting how to actually live. He wrote that most people lead "lives of quiet desperation." They were stuck in a loop of working and buying, mistakenly thinking that getting more stuff would eventually cure their inner emptiness. Thoreau was a key figure in the Transcendentalist movement, which taught that people are at their best when they trust their own intuition, connect with nature, and rely on themselves rather than conforming to society's expectations. To Thoreau, true wealth was about letting go of unnecessary distractions, finding inner peace, and living by your own values instead of trying to impress other people. To find out what people really need to be happy, Thoreau stepped away from society and moved to a small cabin by Walden Pond. He wanted to live with only the basics and see what was left when he cut out the noise and distractions of everyday life. While he was there, he spent his days observing nature and reflecting on his own thoughts. He wrote about human nature, the dangers of following the crowd, and the peace that comes from living a simple life. These writings later became his famous book, Walden.
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#186
August 19 · 20 min
186: 7 Ways To Be In Flow And Enjoy Your Life - Rumi (Sufism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 7 Ways To Enjoy the Flow of Your Life from the philosophy of Rumi. Rumi lived from 1207 to 1273 and he was not only an amazing poet, but also a theologian, a philosopher, an Islamic scholar, and one of the most prominent figures in Sufism. So here are 7 Ways To Enjoy the Flow of Your Life from the philosophy of Rumi- 01. Let Go of the False Ego 02. Trust the Divine 03. Chase the Essence, Not the Form 04. Become the "Child of the Moment" 05. Welcome every Guest 06. Act With Devotion 07. Get Into the Flow State We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Rumi, helps you to enjoy the flow of your life. Sufism began some 9 centuries ago and is focused on reaching the divine - the power that created the skies, the earth, us and life as a whole, through love. It means that in Sufism, we human beings are lovers, the divine is beloved and to love the divine, we need to connect back to the essence of life and understand that we and the world are one. Sufism has given the world some of its brightest minds and poets and one of those people is known as Maulana, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, arguably the best Sufi poet in history. Rumi, a Persian scholar at first, then a Mystic, has written many illustrious poems depicting love and its central role as the bridge to reach the divine; poems that are engraved in the literature books for eternity. His brilliance caught the eyes of people since his childhood. His father, a famous scholar back then, had personally taken the responsibility of teaching him. He deepened his knowledge at a very young age and after the death of his father, he was destined to succeed him as a scholar. But Rumi wanted to learn more, so he connected with another brilliant teacher named Al Tarmithi and a few years later, his teacher left him because he considered that he had nothing left to teach his student, Rumi was now a complete scholar. Rumi was adored by his followers and when he held assemblies, he had a large crowd as attendees. However, life and the divine had other plans for him. In 1244, Rumi encountered Shams Tabrizi, a traveling Sufi dervish who changed his core understanding of life. Rumi became so fond of Shams that he neglected his students and his family and spent days and nights with him, all to grasp the essence of pure love and how to express it to reach the divine. Rumi turned from a Scholar to a Sufi poet who sang for love, danced in circles, which is now called Sufi whirling or the whirling dervish, and wrote poems that are still relevant today continuing to have a deep influence.
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#185
August 12 · 21 min
185: Montaigne - Simplify Your Life (Works On Any Income)
In this video we will be talking about 8 Ways To Simplify Your Life from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher. So here are 8 Ways To Simplify Your Life from the philosophy of Michel de Montaigne- 01. Reject Artificial Desires 02. Stop worrying about Public Opinion 03. Shrink Your Inner Circle 04. Be Authentic 05. Establish Your "Arrière-Boutique" 06. Stop Having an Opinion on Everything 07. Communicate Plainly and Honestly 08. Accept the Natural Rhythm of Reality We hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope this video, from the philosophy of Montaigne, helps you to simplify your life. Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher who defined ambition not as a virtue but as an unnatural "disease of the soul" because it makes people sacrifice the life they have right now for a future that might never even happen. In 1571, right on his 38th birthday, he walked into his office and permanently resigned from his position as a judge in the Bordeaux parliament. It was exactly the kind of role Renaissance men spent their whole lives networking, scheming, and stressing out to get. He quit, moved back to his family's estate in the French countryside, and set himself up in a stone tower on the property. He built a massive library there and had 54 quotes from ancient philosophers carved into the wooden beams of his ceiling. From that point on, he spent his time studying the only subject he actually wanted to understand: himself. He observed his own habits, flaws, and everyday routines, and wrote down his thoughts about them and he called these writings Essais—which comes from the French word meaning "to try" or "to attempt" and is of course where we get the English word ‘essay’.
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#184
August 5 · 19 min
184: 6 Ways To Stop Worrying About Anything (Works On Any Income) - Plato (Platonic Idealism)
In this podacst we will be talking about 6 Ways To Stop Worrying About Anything from the philosophy of Plato . Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher who, along with his teacher Socrates and his student Aristotle, built the foundation for almost all Western philosophy. So here are 6 Ways To Stop Worrying About Anything from the philosophy of Plato - 01. Act as the Charioteer of Your Soul 02. Apply the "Dice" Method 03. Step out of your cave 04. Look at a bigger picture 05. Value Your Character 06. Practice "Philosophical Preparation" We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this video, from the philosophy of Plato, helps you to stop worrying. Plato is one of the most famous philosophers of all time. He represented the philosophy of ancient Greece, belonging to its Classical Period. He was born into an aristocratic and influential family in Athens, where he founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the entire Western world. Along with his mentor Socrates, and his student Aristotle, Plato is one of the most influential individuals in the entire history of humankind. It can even be said that he is one of the pillars of Western civilisation. His philosophy is often referenced as Platonic idealism and his biggest contribution is the Theory of Forms or Doctrine of Ideas, which asserts that the physical world is not the real world. Instead, ultimate reality exists beyond our physical world, in the world of ideas. Plato was not only a prominent figure of philosophy, but also of religion and spirituality; so-called Neo-platonism deeply influenced Christian theology. Plato invented the written dialogue and dialectic form of philosophy. Some of his most famous books are The Republic, The Symposium, The Apology of Socrates, Allegory of the Cave and The Dialogues of Plato, in which the main character is Socrates, who influenced Plato’s philosophy to a great extent. His entire work has survived for more than 2,400 years and has remained very popular the entire time. Like his mentor, Plato was a practical philosopher and there are many life lessons to learn from his philosophy.
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#183
July 28 · 19 min
183: Baruch Spinoza - How To Be Happy (Even If You Have Nothing)(Rationalism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Be Happy from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza . Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. This philosophical approach is known as rationalism. So here are 6 Ways To Be Happy from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza - 01. Equate 'God' with Nature 02. Acknowledge Your Core Drive 03. Shift from 'Inadequate' to 'Adequate' Ideas 04. Cultivate Active Joy 05. View Life 'Under the Aspect of Eternity' 06. Achieve the Intellectual Love of Nature We hope you listening to this podcast, and hope this video, from the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, helps you find happiness. Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who approached human emotions as if they were a mathematical problem. He didn’t believe our feelings were random or mysterious. Instead, he argued that they followed the same natural laws as everything else in the universe. He wrote his most famous work, Ethics, in the style of a geometry textbook in which he analyzed emotions like anger, fear, and love with logical definitions, propositions, and proofs. Because of this, Spinoza didn’t see happiness as a matter of luck, a fleeting emotion, or a reward from the universe. No. To him, happiness is the experience of increasing mental clarity. It’s the freedom that comes from no longer being confused by life, understanding how reality works, and gaining control over your own mind. This way of thinking is called Rationalism. It is the idea that reason and logic are the best tools for understanding the world. Instead of reacting to events or hoping things will get better, a Rationalist tries to understand why things happen. Spinoza believed that the more clearly we think about our experiences, the better we can understand our problems, learn from them, and avoid unnecessary suffering.
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#182
July 22 · 18 min
182: Sartre - Be Authentic (And Stop Caring What Others Think) (Existentialism)
In this podcast we will be talking about 6 Ways To Live Authentically from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French philosopher who defined authenticity as the terrifying realization that you are completely free and responsible for your own choices. So here are 6 Ways To Live Authentically from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre - 01. Existence Precedes Essence 02. Stop Playing a Character 03. Accept Your Reality 04. Stop Trying to Control How People See You 05. Embrace the Vertigo of Total Freedom 06. Act We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope this podcast, from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, helps you live authentically. Jean-Paul Sartre was a French playwright, screenwriter, political activist, literary critic, and one of the leading philosophers who followed the philosophy of Existentialism: the philosophy that says that humans are born a blank slate and are free to determine their own identity, behavior and goals. Sartre was born in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century and when he was around sixty years old, he was awarded the1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. He however refused the prize, claiming that “a writer should never allow himself to become an institution.” Sartre wrote many fictional and non-fictional books, essays and gave lectures on Existentialism. Some of his noted works are: Nausea, Being and Nothingness, Existentialism is a Humanism, and No Exit.
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